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The Seaforth News, 1929-11-21, Page 3t trday School • Lesson ovllrnaer .17, Lesson Vil Living With People of Other Races. --Acts 10; 9-16, 30-35; Galatians 3t; 28, 29. Golden Text -Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:. But in every nation he that feareth' and whom worketh'righteous. Hess, is accepted with him.—Acts ilo, 34, 85, ANALYSIS. I. AN INTDRNATIONAC, . 'f'RIENDSHIP, Ruth 1: 1-18, .IL OVERCOMINtqNATIONAL PtasinnO5, AND ILi, WILL, John 4; 5-10; Acts 10; 1 to 11: 18; Gal. 3: 28, 29. ILI, WHA'' WE OWE 'ro OTHER RACES AND NATIONS, ROM. 1; 14, INTRODUC3IOil—We',. have, in the -Bile, some interesting examle3 of frienly .ntrcourse and neighborliness between people of. different races or nations. Such are Abraham's relations with Hittite communities in southern Palestine' (Gen, 14: 13) the cordial welcome' given Jacob and his sons by the king of ,Egypt (Gen. 47: 1-10), Moses with the Mtdianites (Exod. 2: 15-21), David among thePhilistines -(1 Sam, 27: 1-7), David and Solomon .and the .ting of Tyre (1 Kings 5:.1-7). It is troethat there are many wars in Bible history, but there are also some fright instances international of riendlinese. It will be remembered that Jeremiah ocnnseled submission to Babylon,: and spoke well of the king, Nebuchadnezzar, chap. 27: 1-12. He :even advised the Jewish captives to nettle down peaceably, and to ntale holpes for themselves in Babylonia, shying, "Seek the peace of the city .whither I have caused you to be car- ried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it: ter in the peace thereof ye shall' have. pease" (chap. 29: 4-7)— good advice for exiles of every age. I. AN INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP, Ruth 1: 1•18. The family of Elintelech had been hospitably received in Moab, just across the JordalLvalley to the east- ward. he sons married women of Moab. Apparently they werenotin= gluenced by the bitter terms of the law against foreigners in Deut. 23: 3, if such a law was in existence at that time, and they quite evidently knew nothing of the stein measures taken'. against 'nixed marriages by Ezra and Nehemiah in the fiffh century B.C. • The story centres it Rttth, the Boab- i8tess, whose warm affection for her znother-in-law Naomi, leads her to forsake her own homeland, and to re- tors with Naomi to Bethlehem in Judah. It is quite possible that she was influenced by the superior purity and dignity of Naotni's religion as well as by her personal character, In the sequel Naomi persuades her to claim from her dead husband's near kins- nian'the right of levitate marriage, a right ordinarily admitted only in the case of Jewish women, see Deut. 25: 5-10, And so Ruth,. the woman of Moab, becomes the wife of • Boaz, of Bethlehem, and great-grandmother of David, the king of Israel, II. OVERCOMING NATIONAL PREJUDICE AND ILL WILL, John 4: 5-10; Acts 10: 1 to 11: 18; Gal, 3: 28, 29. The Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. The Samaritans were a' :Hied race, descendants of the few peo- ple of Israel who were left after the fall of that•kingdom,, and•the carrying off of many captives by the Assyrians in B.C. 722, and the strangers from eastern and northern countries who were brought and settled there with them, 2 Kings, chap. 17. In religion as well as race they were a mongrel people. combinisg the worship of Je- hovah with that of other gods, and with gross superstitions. They had askedtobe permitted to share with the returned Jews in the building of the second temple, but had been re- fused, Ezra 4: 1-3. Henceforward they were enemies. The climax was reached in B.C. 432, when Nehemiah drove from Jerusalem a man of high riestly rank, who -had married the daughter of a Samaritan noble, Neh. 18: 28.. This man fled to his father - lin -law in Samaria, and either then or within the following century a temple was built in Samaritan territory on Mount Gerizim, which became a rival bf the temple in Jerusalem. In the story told in chap. 4 of the Gospel according , to John, Jesus is ween overstep' ing the bounds of Jew- ish prejudice, talking freely with a Samaritan woman, and visiting and preaching to the people of tike Samar- itan town of Sychar. Compare Acts 8: 5, 6, 25. 11 was not easy to breakdown the prejudices' of the disciples of Jesus against any kind of free intercourse with people of other races. The story. of Peters visit to the Roman cen- turion is a good illustration of Allis. !Cornelius, a centurion, a devout. man, has had a vision '4 which'lfe,hae iteen told by an angl to. send ta'Jolrpa for Peter, While a soldier and two of his household CerVOnts are on their way to invite Peter, to come ' tit' him, that apostle has hhnaelf had a tranco; dream or vision in which lie is 'triads to doubt whether' there is any real value in the Jewish distinction be.. tween clean and unclean food•', (Apts 10; 14; compare Leviticue, chap; 1114. While his mind was °Coupled with this, perplexing question themessengers of Cornelius arrived, Next day he went away with them and .certain brethren front Joppa accompanied him. - When Peter and ,his Jewish com- panions went into the house+•of -the Roman officer and met in a friendly way the company : assembled '•thele; they were doing what was not only very unusual, hut was regarded WS un- lawful. But the influence• of:Potei'a. dream remains with him and, he said God hath shewed me that I should not call any man•'comnton or unclean, .He shows himself truly great in itis will- ingness to learn. In. every nation•, he now learns, are men 'accepted of. God. When Peter returned to Jerusalem, and What, he had done became known, he had to defend his conduct against', those who had the same' prejudices) which he had - found so difficult to', overcome. It was to. their -credit as well as his that when they heard his story they held their peace and glori- fied God, chap, 11: 1-18. The spirit of Christ was working mightily in the minds and hearts of these strict ob- servers of an ancient and venerated'. tradition. In him the nations are being made one—neither Jew nor Greek , .. neither bond nor free -. all one in Christ Jesus, Col. 3: 28, 29. What Paul means is nob that he le. in debt to these others for what he has received from them, but rather for what he has been ;,ntrusted with in the gospel for them. He has•been charged with a message of saving ITT. WHAT WE OWN TO OTHER RACES AND NATIONS, Rom, 1: 14. grace for all men -debtor until his inessago is delivered. ''It is for the Greek as well as for the Jew, for the unwise as for the wise. To the highly - cultivated Greek other nations were barbarians, but for them, also, is Paul's' gospel of the power of God unto salvation, v. 16. Such is our debt to- day to those who have not the knowl- edge which God has given us in such rich measure. 672—Slip-on dress waist has collar- less neck that is rounded at back and V-shaped in front; it is shirred at centre front below neck and at tower edge; sew -in dart -fitted sleeves with knotted straps; perforated for short. sleeves; attached two-piece tiered. skirt, the lower tier attached to the lower edge of skirt, dipping below hemline:' at back. For Ladies -and Misses. 16, 18, 20 years. 34,'36, 38, 40, 42 inches bust. The most popular modern author 3e Charles Dickens, and 25,008,000 copies, of his books have heea published. During his year of office the Lord. Mayor of London may have to attend anything up to 400 banquets, putting in an appearance at two is one even- ing. WHAT 1-10? MY HEARTIES! GUST 1.0044 ATTHE .1514ILPE. I' 114 CAN HA DLY MOVE -am D Q YOU 11-1111K t"l( II MASTER PAYS ANY ATTENTION TO Mi* '^' ii SNOUI.Ii SAY NOT "' NA! NA! OA! MQDERATION 45 MY 41A5TER5 BYWORD AND YOU CAN TE1L IT•t3Y LOOKING. AT M5 !tE'NgVER 'niaaS OF TAMING- OUTDOOR t;XE13CIE ^"1 •'ASV (HE D056 LOTS or? WORK'. 13U'1 TAKES TH1E. RIGHT AMOUNT OP EXERCISE AND REuT TO KEEP ME IN GOOD 814003 AL'fl-IOUG4d NE 15 ( GETTING OLD l AM AS STRONG. 1 ( AS 1 EVER WAS AFTER' A HEAVY DAY AT, THE OPFi4E NE TOPS OFF WITH A CABARET, OR A DANCE - WELL HE..DON'T REALIZE THE SHAPE CM IN - I M(55 A 6FAl EVERY '50 OFTEN 'NOW- AND IF HE DON'T REFORM 50O11 1 ti 39157' 4gt7Pl'- 014 a1114'ALT®6ETRER A HEART TO HEART TALK Prince :sI f Wales May Buy Landsy Daring Canoeists each Varennes Dick Lesage and Paul Pa- quin Encounter Rough - Water in St. Lawrence Dick Lesage' and Paul Paquin, the two intrepid canoeists, who left Mont. real recently to continue their 4,800 - mile trip from Vancouver to Halifax, arrived at Varennes the same night, and next morning continued their journey downthe St. Lawrence. They say that for tate most part of'. their journey they encountered -rough water, the east and 'northeast, winds making waves which caused them to make but slow progress. Their canoe has been strengthened by an extra layer of boards around 11, and, they, have had a canna cover fitted.. This will be a great protection against the waves of the Gulf. Paquin and Lesage both say they nae very glad to be paddling down the St, Law- renoe River, which, they declare, is the beat river iu the world. During their trip they met many steamers .and • from each of -them were greeted With trlple blasts of their sirens in salute. Both are in the best of health. Peril in Wet Windshield A wet windshield is dangerous, es pedally at night when,light from 50- preaching cars is magnified by rain- drops blinding the driver. If your car isnot •equipped with an automatic windshield-wiper,•apply a solution to the glass to clear the vision.' One that has proved satisfactory contains a mixture of two ounces of glycerin and one entice of water and one dram of salt. Apply with a soft cloth, rubbing up and down. Cholly—"You know, Miss Sharpe, the biggest fool usually marries• the prettiest 'girl." • Miss Sharpe — "0, K. with me. Where is the ring?" I NEVER M155E0 A BEAT 1N MY LIFE '' Extension of E.P. Ranch Pos- sible Lands Act Having Been Complied With Ottawa.=Legal difficulties in the way of the purchase by the Prince of Wales of a sechion of school lands in Alberta as part of the E.P. ranch have been set aside as result of an Order - in -Council ofAcially published in this week's Canada Gazette. 'a:finder the Dominion Lands Act, lauds set aside as "school lands" may not be disposed of without approval, by the Miuister of the Interior and unless Dominion land of equal value be set aside in lieu. thereof, These formalities have been taken care of, according to the Order -in -Council, and no difficulty now remains. 4 Britain and Russia Viscount Brentford in The Sunday Times (Cons.). Mr. Henderson is— like all the Socialist Party—au ad- vocate of open diplomacy. Surely it is time that he took his fellow -coon trymen into his confidence. True, he tells us that this agreement which lie has signed will bring the two coun- tries together, but on what terms? What has he promised his Russian friend? After all, it is not closer contact we want, but cleaner contact. We want to know, before we come In- to that happy friendship with Russia which Mr. Henderson foreshadows, that we shall find Russia with a changed heart—no longer the apostle of revolution in the world in general and in our Empire in particular. Courage On the thin plank of cottrage I Walk with slow steps, and fearfully, Across the unspeakable abyss, And dare not look that way or this Lest the uufathomed depths should show The things I am afraid to know; Lest on n1y downcast eye there gleams The phosphorescent stuff of dreams, Or, trembling in the misty air, Grim shapes of terror and despair. And ever as I go I hear The jealous waves of doubt and fear Stretching with many -fingered spray To snatch me tram my narrow way, And drag into their angry sea My half-inch of security, God grant it fail not till I feel The solid earth beneath my heel. —J .J. Mills in the Observer. The "life" of an average motor -car is six years and nine months. It is not what happens to you in life that matters; it is the way in which you face it. Air and Ventilation It Itas long been, known that air can bo polluted in euclt a manner as to be lnlut'loue. For many years, is was thought that Oils pollution was due to ap mese of carbonic acid gas, but it is now understood that, in an ordin- arY occupied room, the amount of this. gas is not harmful, nor is there a sufficient reductlou of oxygen brought about to acount for the ef- fects of bad air. la the early YEW'S of this century, it was proven by experiments that the symptoms caused by living in so, galled bad or vitiates air are due to the temperature of the air, its meal - tare and its stillness. In other words, conditions of the air which do not favor the loss of heat front the body are the conditions which cause the ill effects of bad air, The body le ooustantly generating heat and if the person is to be comfortable and Rt, the surplus heat must be got rid of; The skin Is the means for getting rid of exessive body heat. When the body is surrounded by hot, humid, still air, it ie difficult or impossible for the akin to eliminate as it should, and, as a result, there is discomfort, and, later, if the condition persists, there will be headache, shortness of breath and an increased pulse rate and tent- peratul'e. W know, form common experience,' hot much more comfortable we are on the warm clays when there is a breeze as compared with the way we feel when the day is hot and still. To secure comfort and fitness, we should live in an atmosphere of cool air whip is in gentle motion, and the object of ventilation is to maintain such au atmosphere. This can usual• ly be accomplished in a satisfactory way by having a thermometer in the room and by opening the window. Ai considerable amount of the ill -health that occurs in winter is due to the 1 lowered efficiency 02 the body which follows upon living aid working in overheated places, The body is toned up by cool air and upset by overheat- ed still air. Questions, oneerning health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College St., Toronto, will -be answered personally by letter, Empire Trade The Standard, Nairobi, British East Africa: Those whose primary attitude to the British Empire is one of pessi• mism will experience a new hope and a great pride if they read the annual report of the Empire Marketing Board. The report provides a picture of Imperial economic progress, pros- perity, courage and faith fascinating and inspiring in the vividness of its simplicity. In a survey of the posi- tion during the last thirty years we find that every one of -the great Do- minions an some of the colonies have advanced from relatively modest posi- tions into that of great and important, contributions to and purchaser's in the markets of the world. Since the be- ginning of the present century there have been phenomenal increases in the exports of raw and manufactured products. In the words of the report, "the tide of Empire trade is flowing strongly." Britain has moved away from the stage in its political thought when "Imperialism" was a sneer and a reproach in public life. To -day each party strives to outbid the other in attention to Empire development and there is a growing body of public opinion which favors the withdrawal of Britain from her international en- tanglements in order that every ounce of the nation's strength may be con- centrated on the development of the Empire as a unit within itself. Trrans»Cana.cia Road Three Links Front Its IGdal Gaps Lie North of Lake Su- perior, in Rainy River Dis- trict and Through Rockies Work to Cost Millions Route Will Span Dominion Area From Coast to Coast There are only three links • missing is the highway that soon will apau Canada from coast to•coast. Until tate gaPs north of Lake Su- perior, in the Rainy River district, and -through the Rocky Mountains are completed, it will stilt be necessary for the trans -Canada motorist to jour- rney through the United States, Links to Cost Millions Agitation for completion of the road is growing, but the few hundred miles to be built run throtigh a territory where tons of dynamite must be used before motorists will have a path. Tite missing links will cost millions but will mean an immediate return of millions in extra tourist revenue. The i Lake Superior country, the territory from Fort William to the Manitoba boundary and the Rocky, Mountains offer poasibitities for creating the finest scenic highways yet construct- ed in the dominion. The gaps are gradually being closed, The Ferguson Highway, opened three years ago, pierces the northern On- tario wilderness for hundreds of miles, From North Bay the Trans -Canada has completed the 280 miles to Sault Ste. Marie. From here the motorist cross- es into the States though the road is opened for nearly eighty mites north of the Sault. Attraction. for Tourist That fireman has been annoy ug me with his attentions all the even- ing." "Oh, tell him to go to blazes!" In the centreof the long gap from the Sault to Manitoba a stretch of highway is completed on both sides of Fort William and Port Arthur•and is being' pushed gradually westward'. along the old Dawson Trail. Itt Bri- tish Columbia the Cariboo Trail has passed through one • range of moun- tains, but the main Rockies 'remain to be crossed. • It is the wild country that provides the real attraction for the tourist. Its lure draws motorists from the smoothly paved highways of the south 1 to the twisting, turning washboard gravel that represents the pioneer stage of road construction in the north. Within five years it is expected that the Trans -Canada -will be -• complete across Ontario. Most of it will be paved. By that time many stretches will be strengthened.. In the north it is still possible t0 almost forget hot dog stain's. Forty miles between gas stations is not un- common. But there are beautiful lakes every few miles and stretches of giant red pine border the highway, It le the ideal land for the motor camper. Forest rangers are clearing camps at convenient spots on the Trans -Canada and have already clear- ed scores of sites on the Ferguson highway through the Temagami re- serve. It will be late next year before the Trans -Canada taps what is believed to be Eastern Canada's most rugged scenery. Pushing north from the Saint the road is almost on the edge of the canyons and semi -mountains 'of northern Algoma. The Algoma Cen- tral Railway alone taps this territory at present and few tourists and al- most as few Canadians have discover- ed its raged beauty. It was this section of Algoma and the northern shore of Lake Superior that almost halted the Canadian Pa- cific Railway fifty years ago in its at- tempt to span the dominion with steel. The hills are solid rock and in the rock is low grade iron ore, millions of tons of it, waiting for development. Difficulties ahead in this section have caused some agitation to change the route and have the road go straight north along the Ferguson Highway to Cochrane and them west, following the National Transconti- nental Railway. The cost of this route world be less, but the scenic grandeur of Algoma would be lost.— N.Y. Herald Tribune, • MUTT AND JEFF— By BUD FISHER, West Point! West Point!!! Rah! Rah! Rar!!. MUTTS wag's THEWHAT CONGItGSSM AN FROM THIS J DI STRICT? --� 'Do YOU 1I WANT T'0 I (KNOW POR? '; 'j I I I WANT TO Vdetre TO IUM AND AS1C NIM ' Tie Fill 1T 50 ,'Z CAN TAKG- A. eouIZ YGi9R e4 > YE, GODS, WHAT A = 400E OUR AS M`I wax. '•gG WITH AN OFFICCI2 tAtce Yov IN dt1ARGE! re -6 ties '$ur IT AIN'T' MY IN enrrioI3 ,TO co INTO The ARnkY Aevem t GRAWATCl TIiGN WHAT'S THE IDGAR. oe TAKING A COUILSE of MIt.ITAR'1 TRAINING; AT west powre , '— ,' ANSWER MG'MAT• X. wANT To PREPARE _ MYSELF To BECOME P 4 us'ER IN oNG of THc DIG MouwG-PtCTURC i TtICATIZEs. Sra rt Coutese AT . ' TK. t _ _ 9 r 1 p1� _ I I '0��.�:,i •te'4° \ P'1 N. 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' { : W , r ;:, -..,,. 11 p sir Care of the Teeth Witch coneidorillg tike .airs of the teeth, remember the paint associa- tion's alogau—"Save the r.r,irfaoe and you " Natsave iILaro provides us w:ih a very valuable set •of instruments for the ptirposo of grinding our food into small morsels, ready to pass into the stptnaoit. If our teeth are not as strong and ltoalthy as they should be, the food will not be prepared aitd our stomach will always be .worked too Bard •and. evoutually will give us end- less trouble, On the other hand if our teeth are dirty,' the food will rub off some of the dirt and will carry it into our systems, la other words, neglecting to glean the teeth thor- oughly ,is lust one form of taking poison: A tooth is divided into two parts, called the crown and ti10 roat. The crovin is the wide part which we can see, attd has a hard covering called enamel, The, root is the narrower, petaled part which is in the gums and bas a cover which is called comentutu. Beneath the enamel and cementum in the tooth is a layer, not unlike bone, which is called doutine. The , centro of the tooth is called the pulp chamber and contains blood vessels and nerves, It is a clean tooth that never aches. The first thing that happens to a tooth which IA .heading for trouble is that dirt collecta on the outside of the tooth. Unless that dirt is removed It will start decay and work into the centre of the' tooth. The decay cute through the enamel and into the den- tine. . Because the dentine is softer, the docaY always spreads la the den• tine so that there is more decay inside the tooth than there is on the out- side. A dentist, if he knows about it in time, can prevent further trouble. He can easily find the little holes with his explorer, eta away tate decayed part and fill the hole. It is a very simple thing to do, when the decay Is just starting, but sometimes it becomes a very difficult and .expensive thing to do because people delay too long in going to see the dvatiet. •If She tooth'is not filled right away, . the enamel wilt gradually break down and:the hole will become large enough to collect food, which rots and causes toothache. Hero are some of the troubles that can come as well as the toothache: rehumatism, neuritis, neur- algia, headache, heart trouble, abs- cess, skin troubles, ,colds and boils and nervous troubles. And it will pay —pay more than enough to compere. sate you for your trouble—if good care is taken of your teeth in between visits to the dentist. The most important thing you can .do is to brush Your teeth regularly .alter each meat and before going to bed. The business of brushing: the teeth thoroughly takes two minutes. The tooth brush should be small, for a small tooth brush can be moved around more easily and more rapidly than a large one. Brushing should be light and rapid and it should be borne in mind that there are five sides to each tooth to be brushed. There is the outside—near- est the cheek, the inside—nearest the tongue, the top—that surface that cuts the food and the two sides be- tween the teeth. The tooth brush should move in circles, on the outside of the gums and teeth. Do not forget the gums, because they must be brushed too. The circulation of the blood in the gums is a matter of supreme import- ance to the health of the teeth. Brush them softly, but thoroughly. If you should have any trouble with bleeding Moats, it is advisable to go the den- tist at once. Count the number of strokes whiclt you take when brushing the teeth. Iviove the brush around in a circle on the outside of the teeth and gums six- teen tines for each side and front, making two strokes of the brush for eachcount you make. Brush the in- side of the teeth—that is, the surface toward the tongue—by moving the brush straight in and put. This is al- so the way to brush the tops, that is, the part that grinds the food. One of the most healthful habits af- ter you have brushed your teeth to rho morning is to rinse them with lime water. The lime water should be kept in the mouth for about a min- ute and then forced out between the teeth. France and The Hague Revue de Paris: M. Bernus writes on The Hague Conference and the methods followed there: "France ap- pears to have been very badly inform- ed as to the policies of England and Germany. Thie has brought to light one of the defects of French foreign policy—not to take the trouble to be well-informed, to neglect the iridis' ponsable preparation of big negotia- tions, and to trust entirely to the im- provising powers of leaders. . . The Hague Conference has brought out a political fact which should not Pass unnoticed; it made patent the death of the Entente Cordiale, M. Beritua alludes to the progress of the idea of the aloha States of Europe< • Ire Ceara that its first and, perhapa, only result would be to establish the predominance of the nation with,' the (highest potmlatiou and the etrongeat economic organization, Le., Germany. On the whole he considers it better that France should have the emcee, Mous she made at The Hague rather than. cause a break of which the con sequences would have been Incalcul able'