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The Clinton News Record, 1938-04-07, Page 7'THURS., APRIL 1, •1938.. THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 treararePareseenteaarseesarrasesesseeereaser HOUSEHOLD" ECONOMICS THE SUNDAY SCHOOL E.ESSON APRIL 101H. Introduction to the Lesson by REV. GORDON A. PEDDLE, B.A. Lesson Text—Mark 8:27.38. nevertheless, man does make such ,a Golden Text—Mark 8:36. ('confession it is only because of the merciful, miraculous, mysterious, This week's lesson may be dealt week of the living God "Flesh and blood (ire. every power of the mind and heart of the natural man) have not revealed it unto thee," says Jesus to Peter, "but my Father which is in heaven" (Matt 16. 17), Numerous with conveniently under three heads: (1) Peter's Confession of Christ; (2) Peter's Denial of Christ; (8) Christ's Coinmairdment to his dieiples. (1) Peter's Confession of Christ (verse 27-30). The greatest word passages might be cited from the that a sinful man can ever take up- I New Testament to show that the on his lips is the confession, "Thou confession of Christ, or the belief in Him, is ALWAYS regarded as the one great actwhich lies totally be- yond the e-yond`the power of sinful man -and therefore an act which, if performed, is always regarded as GOD'S ACT within man, and on man's behalf. Such (for example) are the follow- ing: "NO• MAN can say that Jesus is LORD, but by the HOLY GHOST" (1 Cor. 12:3). "NO MAN can come to me, except the Father which hath sent rue DRAW HIM" (John 6:44). ..NO MAN knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whom soever the Son will reveal him" (Matt 11:27). "As many as received him to themgave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: which were born not of blood, nor of the will of the art the Christ, the Son of the living God" (verse 29, Matt. 16:16). Let us at once put from our minds the blas, phemous idea that it is a perfectly natural possibility for man to give utterance to such a word! Far, far from it! Rather, on the contrary, this confession is the greatest of all pos- sible words for the simple reason that it is the one altogether un -natur- al word, the one totally impossible word, ever to find its way into human speech. Were the brightness of the sun multiplied a million-foldso that no greater light could ever be con- ceived by the human mind; were the darkness of the deepest cave in the lowest regions of the earth made un- imaginably denser still so that no eye, however keen, could ever pierce its gloom yet the contrast of such alight with such a darkness is a fig- flesh, nor of the will of man, BUT ire infinitely weak to express the ab- OF GOD" (John 1:12, 13), (See al - Solute contradiction with which we so such passages as, John 3:6,6; and, are faced when we assert that this great word, "Thou art the Christ" has been, and may be, uttered by the lips of sinful man. Nothing is more unbelievable than that unbelieving man should come to be—a believer. 'Ibis confession of faith is the ABSO- LUTE MIRACLE; and the ABSO- LUTE MYSTERY of man's miracu- lous and mysterious life: yea, all life has wrought this faith, and from is drab and commonplace, uneventful whose lips. the word has fallen, "Thou and natural, when compared . with art the Christ'': for upon this con - THE MIRACLE and THE MYSTERY fessien the Church of Jesus Christ of this confession. is built. The very gates of hell shall He whose "Christian life" does not not prevail against this Eternal take its rise, and find its content and Rock' Matt. 16:18). its goal, in the acknowledgement of I (2). Peter's Denial of Christ (verses the miracle and the mystery of this 81-33). We have been speaking of coefession, has been hoodwinked into the greatest of all possible words, the accepting a "natural" and a "non.. word of confession of Christ. We miraculous faith" which is but a have seen, in this word, the miracle counterfeit coin whose image and sup- I and the mystery of God's ownact erscription is none other than that within the heart of man: We now of the very devil himself. See to it, see the greatest of all impossible therefore, that thou confess no Christ words, that a man should deny his save the one whom thou (blind sinner Lord, as the one natural response of that thou art) eanst by no means ev- sinfuI man. How fearful the wiles of er confess;. believe no Christ save the the devil' How strong his hold is one in vrhotn it remains an eternal upon us! How little we understand impossibility for thee (thou lost and the Christ, and how unwilling we are ruined unbeliever whom Jesus came to to take our salvation from him a - seek and to save) ever to believe; I lone, accomplished on our behalf in take no word upon thy lips (thy I the manner that is according. to ITIS unclean lips) save this one altogether will! (verses 31, 32; Matt. 16:21,22), mpossible—and therefore totally mfr- I0 wretched man! Thou wilt even culous—word! Otherwise thy speech seek to dictate to thy Lord what hall savour, not of ,the things that means he must use ht the achieve - e of God, but those that be of then: !merit of thy salvation! 0 thou pro- nd thy confession shall turn into a 'fessed believer in Jesus .Christ, think Tenial—an abomination and an offence not that THOU art different from, unto thy Lord! (verses 33,; ¥Matt• 16, 'or stronger in faith than this believ- 13). , • ling, faithless, Peter! Learn thou of The Gospel 'according to St.. Matt- him to trust not in thine own powers, hew leaves us in no doubt ,as to the and think not that it is by thine own niraculousness and the mysterious- insight thatthou. haat confessed thy less of the confession. "Thou art the Lord—for as certainly as thou art Dbristl" here it is clearly indicated called a man, if thou dost so trust hat the one thing that, ratan—weak and think, thou shalt savour of those ;inful, unbelieving man,—can never things that be of MEN, and thou to is to speak such a word: There shalt be.. an abomination and an of - s no insight or power left within the fence unto thy Lord. (Verse - 33; hind or heart of sinful man whereby Matt, 16:28.) le may make' such a confession. If, (3). Christ's Commandment to his Disciples (verses 34-38). If we have rightly understood the two preceeding sections we shall new understand the necessity for this command- ment _ of Christ. S i n c o eon - Cession. arises in the power and the act of God; and since,' apart from the insight of faith which he leimself bestows upon us we, by our very 'na- ture, are prone to deny, and offen i our Lord—therefore, we must be• pre- med all aur life long to • hear an God's absolute commandment the fol- lowing ward (in the keeping of this word is our tribulation and our joy upon earth) "If any man will come after me, let him DENY IIIMSELF, and take up his cross, and fences; rite. For whosoever shall LOSE his life . . the same shall SAVE it" (verses 34,35). Floral Beauty In Spoonfuls very important,- 1 Cor. 2:11,14). Fin. ally, we are told that faith, out of which alone any true confession of Christ must come, is itself GOD'S work within the heart of man: "By grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God" (Eph. 2:8). Blessed is he in whose heart the Holy Spirit HEALTHY CHILDREN. aa.¢ CHILDREN t G,HILD•R.EIN of all ages thrive on IiI-CROWN BBRAND" CORN SYRUP. They never tire of its delicts ous flavor and it really is so .good for them --so give the children !`CROWN BRAND!!! every day. Leading physiciansvpro; nounce CR BRANT), CORN SYRUP a moat satin. factory carbohydrate to use as a milk modifier In the feeding of tiny infanta and Se an energy producing food for growing Children. 144. 'THE FAMOUS 4;4°1'toy J 0 FOOD ►• Q 4 ma Oce‘S aRheaCANAL% STARCH' ,C OMPAHY'ttgINB One of the strangest of all beauti- ful plants is one whose beauty comes "in spoonfuls." The freak of nature is called the "spoon flower." A. native of Arizona, the spoon flower is an exact replica of a large ladling spoon. It has a are useful for 'destroying the insects, green handle about two feet long and but it should be borne in mind that these a i a s kill only on cont act with the pests, and have no subsequent moth -proofing value. For further information write to the Publicity and Extension Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, HEALTH AVNAIIAVaIsAIAAAAPAVaIWIN THE RAINBOW Gypsy Smith says "A rainbow is a bridge an which the angels stand to weep for the dying storm." What a beautiful thought! Many times in our lives we have looked in: awe at is rainbow arched across the sky and have marvelled at the beauty of its spectrum. Blended perfectly are the seven colors, red, orange, ydllox:, •green, blue, indigo and violet. So perfect is this blend- ing that one cannot tell where the ane color ends or the other begins. This is a wonderful lesson to us on har- mony, We should strive to so asso- ciate with one another in tie Lord's work that there will be no room for strife. Not often are we privileged to see two rainbows, one above the other, but it does happen and further sig- nifies the abundance of God's mercy. The rainbovr stands for a promise, and each calor gives a truth in con- nection with God's word. We might say red signifies His promises are .real. God has given them and as He is Truth, so His word to us is true; orange, they are only for those who accept them; yellow, they yield not to anyones fancy, they are fulfilled as given; green, they are gratuitous, we just take them without any price; blue, they are brief, giv- en iti a few words. So that we may carry them in our minds; indigo, they are infinite and will last through Eternity; violet, they ale valid, as we cash a cheque for its face value, so we may exact the full amount of God's promises. The rainbow was put in the heav- ens as a promise to Noah. The Bible contains hundreds of promises but if we do not make a practice of reading our Bible daily we will have no know- ledg of His many promises. Let us make this a practise. "The rainbow never bends above the sky 1 Until the storm is done; The twinkling stars are never seen on high Until the set of sun. The lighthouse sends no gleam ac- ross the c-ross-the sea Till night is on the land; Nor did I ever find a joy to walk with me Till pain had gripped my hand," —PEG. TIME NOW TO riGar CLOTHES MOTHS The larvae of clothes moths and carpet beetles may give trouble all the year around, but with the coming of spring their activities increase, and, if preventive measures are not promptly taken, they are likely to do considerable damage to furs, woollens, and other fabrics of animal origin. Officers of the Dominion Entomologi- cal Branch have given this subject considerable study, and advise the following measures: • Valuable furs should be placed in cold storage, or after beating• and brushing in the sunlight should be hung in moth proof bags with a lib- eral quantity of naphthalene flakes, Winter overcoats; other garments, blankets, etc., may be protected in a similar manner, or may be wrapped in paper with naphthalene and stored in trunks or boxes, When house- cleaning, cupboards, attics and base- ments should be examined • and all materials removed in which the moths and beetle larvae may breed. Places thatharbour dust and lint such as floor cracks, behind baseboards, fur- nace air shafts and similar situations need sneeial attention, as it is :fre- quently in these places that the in. sects multiply,. -and mystify the house- wife when they appear on the wing. A. vaeeum cleaner is very useful in eliminating this source of infestation. Damage to piano felting may be guarded against by placing about ane pound of naphthalene flakes or par- adicholrobenzene in cheesecloth bags 'ride the piano, keeing it closed when tot in nee.. The occasional 'use of a vacuum cleaner on the felting further educes the risk of damage:, Whoa the house is to be closed fel a time, it is wise to scatter naphtha. lane flakes liberally over rugs and carpets, . afterwards rolling them tightly and .tying them up in stout brown paper. Upholstered furniture may'alsa be treated with naphthalene, and well and tightly covered with pa- per or cotton sheets to lessen the tisk of injury. Pyrethrum fly sprays the spoon part about four inches long. This part closely resembles ivory in its colour and texture. Its creamy white surfaee is hard and smooth and its opalescent colouring' faintly re- flects varying hues. A HEALTH SERVICE OF THE^CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA What To Eat To Be Healthy Number Two A deficiency of any of the essential foods known as vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats and carbohydrates en- dangers your health, If any one of these necessary food elements is missing from youe diet, it will result in a gradual arz. in some cases, a rap- id lowering of your Ievel of health. Your vigor will be impaired, You will probably feel what is commonly known as "seedy", and if this defic- iency is marked and continues for any length af,time, you will die. You have all heard of substances called vitamins. There are at least six of these substanees all of which are essential for health and life it- self. They have one thing in corns mon, the daily amounts required are extremely small, Far example, one pound of vitamin D would cover the. the needs of the average adult for over a billion years, yet without it we would die. Vitamin A is essential for the health of the mucous mem- branes of the eyes, nose, throat, sin- uses, branchial tubes, oesophagus, stomach, intestinal tract, and the gen ito-urinary paseages. Vitamins B1 and B2 are necessary for the nerves, skin, and the normal burning up of sugars and starches in the body. A lack of vitamin 0 affects the miles and miles of capillaries throughout the body, while vitamin. D is essen- tial ssential for the cornual formation of the bones and teeth. Without vitamin E, animal cannot reproduce themselves. We all know that a lack of iodine causes goitre, and a lack of iron, anaemia. Copper is necessary to get the iron from the food into the red blood corpuscles, and calcium and phosphorus make up over 95% of the mineral part of bones and teeth. Pro- teins build up the body cells and are necessary to keepthont in repair. Fats and carbohydrates supply energy, which the body uses to produce mess miler effort and heat. Carefully conducted investigations have shown that when your: diet is just slightly lacking in any one of the 30 necessary food elements, your resistance to infections such as colds ioeno.hitia, etc., is definitely lowered, so that you catch these diseases eas- ier and have greater difficulty in re- covering than when your diet is ade- quate, This minor deficiency of any of the necessary food elements III your diet will probably not produce any one specific sytnptoni, but still, you will not carry on at the highest possible level of good health. So it is very important for us to know the food elements we need, how much of each one of the food ele- ments we should have and where we can get it. Through proper nutri- tion we can secure increased health and happiness, greater vigor, better resistance to disease, and longer life. Thenext article in this series of `What to Eat to be IIealthy" will tell you what foods to eat to secure an adequate supply of Vitamins A. Bi and B2. NOTES BY THE WAY Emerson says something svhieh must have some application, in one or other of its aspects, to every one of us: He says: "Always pay; for, first or last, you must pay your entire debt. Persons and events may stand for a time be- tween you and justice, but it, is only a postponment. You must pay at last your own debt.... He is great who confers the most benefits. He is base —and that is the' one base thing ie the universe --to receive favors, and render none. In the order'of nature we cannot render benefits to those from whom we receive thein, oe only seldom. But the benefit we receive must be rendeted again, line for line, Gleed for deed, cent for cent, to some- body. Beware of too much good stay- ing in your hand: Pay it away quickly in some soli," •, ELOQUENCE OF WORDS By words we have it in our power to make such combinations as we can- not possibly clo otherwise; by this power of combining we are able, by the addition of well-chosen circumstances, to give a new life and force to the simple object; in painting we may re• present any fine figure we please; but we can never give it those enlivening touches svhich it may receive from words. To represent an angel in a Picture, you can only draw a beautiful young man winged; but what paint- ing can furnish anything so grand as the addition of one word, "The angel of the Lord?"—Burke. COOKING .wMrvw.w. CARE OF CHITLDREN The Ten Commandments Of How To Get Along With' People ! 1. Keep skid chains on your tongue; always say less than you think. Cultivate a low, persuasive voice; How' you say it often counts for mare than. what you say. 2. Make promises sparingly, and keep them faithfully, no matter what it costs you, 8. Never let an opportunity pass to say a kind and encouraging thing to or about somebody. Praise . good weak done, regardless of who did it. If criticism is merite'd; criticize help- fully, never' spitefully. 4. Be interested its others; inter- ested in their pursuits, their welfare, their homes and families. Make 'mer- cy with those who rejoice, and mourn with those who weep. Let every one you meet, however, humble, feel that you regard him as a person of im- portance. 5. Be cheerful. Keep the corners of your mouth turned up. Hide your pains, worries and disappointments under a pleasant senile. Laugh at good stories, and learn to tell them. 6. Preserve an open mind on all debatable questions. Discuss, but don't argue. It is a mark of superior minds to disagree and yet be friendly. 7. Let your virtues, if you have any, speak for themselves, and refuse to talk of another's vices. Discourage gossip, and snake it a rule to say noth- ing of another unless it is something good. 8. Be careful of others' feelings. Wit and humor ab the other fellow's expense are rarely worth the effort, and may hurt where least expected. 9. Pay no attention to ill-natured remarks about you. Simply live so nobody will believe them, Disordered nerves and poor digestion are common causes of backbiting. 10. Don't be too anxious about get- ting just dues. Da your work, be pa- tient, keep your disposition sweet, forget self, and you will be respected and rewarded. --Lyle V. Sizer, Seattle. ' THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their :Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad --But :Always Helpful and Inspiring. SPRING ROBIN ARABIAN NIGHTS Sing to me, Robin, the Spring wind Hurrah! let us •rake up the leaves. is calling: that are dead, Each poignant zephyr is telling of And build a big bonfire all yellow and flowers red, That nestle down closely, 'neath wet For a bonfire isfull of Arabian} • brown leaves hiding, Nights,. Till wakened by sleep by warm Aladdin: with laps and most wonder - April showers, ful sights— Sing, Robin, sing, Genii, Sinbads and Babas and thieves Swing. Robin, swing, In the flickering, flaring and flaming Out on the cherry --tree, soft carolling of leaves: Horses enchanted and caliphs and kings, Magicians and other miraculous; things, Hurrah! let us rake up the leaves that are dead, And build a big bonfire all yellow and red. —Margaret Clark Russell. Sing to me, Robin, the Winter is dy- ing: Gladly '1 welcome you, first of the choir; Cold winds are blowing, grey clouds still are snowing Gay is the song as I sit by the fire, Sing, Robin, sing, Swing, Robin, swing, Out on the cherry -tree, soft carolling. Sing to me, Robin,.I need your blest trilling, THE CHARM OP HIIS PRESENCE Wake in my heart the glad song of When sorrow's path I tread with the Spring. weary feet, All the fine rapture your music is And friends take not the' road I'm spilling , called to go, Out in my garden, .to me you must' Oft Sharon's Rose doth me with frag< ranee greet, And soothes my troubled soul to' peaceful' glow. hr Amid the cares of business life, as well, When tempted to forget the beam part, In odorous waves, that selfish longs ings quell, Breathes Sharon's Ro a e, a is cel soothes my ttwllblell h85I,t, Let me now a forty days' thanksgive tbitirirf long to win tnen $a ings .Gods light, Ansi know ,Snyeelf rind God, because Ott Satan's onset would my soul Flowers That Feast cllamay, of Lent: Then Sharon's Rose revives me fon' Olt Flle • Let inc find Time has better, finer the fight, Strange as it may seem, there is a uses His graciou.charm drives craven. flower called the "Venus Fly Trap" Than I had counted all these former fear away bring: Sing, Robin, sing, Joy, Robin, bring Into my heart, through your soft car- olling. —Ether May Hall. LENT If I have been too busy with gay liv- ing To stop and count the many bles- sings sent; that eats flies --and likes them. Let me correct old follies and abuses With earthly pilgrimage at lengtii This plant grows in only one spot And know the grace of penitential complete, on this earth --a small section in ways, The Valley of the Shadow just North Carolina. Interested persons, ahead, including noted scientists, have come If I have looked into the eye of pleas- The Sharon's Rose will . make the from all over the world to see this ure, rarest of rare pants, If I have danced with joy toe many pafring sweet, His fragrant presence for round The Venus Ply Trap opens its pet -nights, glory els at the top, and these remain open Or sought too madly after earthly enc shed. until some, inseet or bog enters and treasure, lights on the three tiny hairlike trig. Or fought too valiantly for paltry gers growing inside. Immediately the rights, trap is "sprung", The petals of the Now may 1 come to stand upen lir flower close in, and so strong is their mountain pressure that the "victiiii" is squeezed Nearer to Heaven than I was of to death, Tisen, and not till then, do yore, the plant's digestive juices begin to To slake niy thirst at an Eternal flow. The process takes from seven fountain to fourteen days, according to the And know a peace that was not size of the bug captured. mine before. —Lelia Mitchell Thornton. days, Houses With Shutters To Beep Jumbles Out 'The people of Dominica—that hap- py isle in. the British West Indies are happy, gentle and childlike and their ives are made up, of laughter and forgettings, explains Miss Eleanor Early, authoress of "Ports of the Sun", who recently spent several months there. "They are eager to be- lieve that the world is good, and their isiand has the charm of a vanishea world." • Miss Early had a servant named Missie who had an antique hand -carv- ed mahogany bed with four high posts and canopy of fine hand -made lace but she sold it for four dollars. Miss Early says it probably was worth 50 times as much. But Missie had her heart set on an iron bed with a brass ball on every corner and cas- ters on the legs. Good cooks in Dominica, Miss Early says, conte as high as $1.50 a week. House maids get 25 cents and up,_ and house boys the same. The Houses have beautiful thatched roofs .and glassless windows, with shutters to keep the jumbles out. . Jumbles, she explains, are evil spirits that fly a- round 1 t, the dark. CHILDREN CONDUCT COURT At Hamtramck, Michigan, they have a novel way •of preventing traf- fic accidents among their school chil- dren. The youngsters do it them- selves by conducting their awn traf- fic court. Children ld en caught jay walk- ing, alk- i r rat„ hooking tidos, riding double on a bicycle, y 1 , and committing other offen- ces are summoned before the child judge. Penalties include policing the school grounds for scraps of paper, tempo ry rand of school playground privileges nd the like: This town has not had a traffic fatality among its schoolchildren in five yeas. a FROM "SONGS Ob' THE SEA CHILDREN 0, wonder of all wonders, The winter time is done, And to the low, bleak, bitter hills Conies back the melting sun! 0, wonder of all wonders, The soft spring winds return, And in the sweeping gusts of rain Thegiowing tulips burn! 0, wonder of all wonders, That tenderness divine, Bearing a woman's name should knock Atthis poor door of mine. Bliss Carman. TEN LITTLE AUTOS Ten little autos, 'road' weather fine; one hit a culvert --then there were nine. Nine little autos, one a little late; driver struck a railway train —David Shankland, OUR COMMONPLACE lir. A common life, we say, and we sigh; But why should we sigh as we say?, The commonplace sun in the common- place sky, Makes up the eonnnonplace day: The moon and the start are common. place things, And the flowers that bloom and the bird that sings; But dark were the world and sad our lot If the flower failed and the sun shone not; And God Who studies each separate soul, Out of commonplace lives makes Hit beautiful whole. —Exchange. A TASK To each of us a task is given, To some it is to shape and mould A character, which will enfold All virtues about which we have beet told. To some it is to stand so firm Against the wrongs which flood the; land And roar the youth on every hand, then there were eight.. That some may from disgrace be held. Eight little autos—but one went to heaven, running through a stop- light -that left seven, Seven little autos speeding through the sticks—one skidded off the road—then 'there were six, Six little autos 'till one took a. dive through an open drawbridge that left five. Five little autos, one with a rattling door; driver tried to shut it tight —then there were four. Four, little autos, one tried to Climb a tree, but didn't do it very wa— s() that left three. Three little autos; one driver was a "stew"; loaded up on highballs now there's only two. And let us too not be afraid—Two little autos tried to beat the gun To voice opinions.' staunch and strongi Against those things which tend too- wrong, And have o'erwhelened us far MO: long. To others it may be to speak In accents pleas with cheerful tone To those who from the right have, strayed, And gone the ways of vice alone. To others it may beto lwield All influence that shall shield Some Mother's sort front sin and woes And help him right from wrong tea ktow. So let us each with minds alert To see the heights which'can be gain*- ed By those who sordidness disdain, Strive the faltering to reclaim, when the warning signal flashed —that left one. One little auto aroundthe corner tore; hit a truck -that's all there is-- there isn't any more. ; Exchange. 1ssi i. -Ntat�tlz'�