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The Seaforth News, 1930-02-27, Page 6Sunday _Sdhool Lesson ~. February 23. Lesson VIII...-. The Twelve Sent Forth -Matthew 9: 35 to 10: 8, 40.42. Golden Text— The harvest trtllY Is plenteous, but the laborers are few, Pray • ye 'therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers Into his harvest.—Matthew 9: 37, 38. ANALYSIS 1. THE HARVEST, ch. 9: 36-38. II. THE MISSION OF THE TWELVE, Cb. 10: 1-s. ' IIIx. THE Emmet, ch. 10: 40-42. •eNTRODTTOTI0N—One of the great achievenients of Jesus was the call 'and the training of the Twelve. They were to .carry on the work which he had begun, and were today the foun- dation o a world tnission. I. THE HARVEST, Ch. 9: 35-38. V, 36. This verse reveals (1) the unceasing activity of Jesus as he goes from place to'place with'a desire to spread his influence as widaly as pos- sible; (2) bis eagerness proclaim the divine message of salvation so that he may relieve people of the bur- den of fear and ignorance, and teach them concerning the love and forgive- ness of God; (3) the infinite compas- sion of his heart in that he cured every case of sickness that was brought to. him, thus showing that he was looking forward to a time when the ignorance, sin and sorrow of the world would be all overcome. No one ever had as pure and lofty a hope fu. the race as Jesus. V. 36. The tender heart of Jesus was stirred to its depths as he saw how helpless the people we're. These hopeless and unhappy conditions .e - minded him of two things .n nature. They are like a flock of sheep that have lost their shepherd, and are at • the mercy of every foe that may at- tack them. V. 37. The other figure is taken from the corn fields. The harvest is white and ready for the sickle, but there are no reapers, so that this rich grain is going to ruin. See John 4: 35. • V. 38. The only hope rest: with God the Father, and they must pray to him that he may send forth laborers into the harvest. 15. THE MISSION OF THE TWELVE, ch. 10: 1-8. V. 1. The call of the Twelve is men- tioned in Mark 3: 13, and there are three reasons assigned there=or this •hoice: (1) That they migltt be with him. He wished these men to get to know him, so that they might trust him in all the difficult situations that might arise. If only they will keep their faith in hint, they will not fail. '(2) That he might send them forth to preach. They were to carry forward the great teaching work of their Mas- ter. The kingdom of God must have workers who were informed on the principles of Jesus. (3) That they night have power overr sickr ess. They were to be healers as well as preach - em, and thus must aseure people that it was God's desire that some day all ou trble and suffering would vanish from the earth. The emission of the Twelve, therefore, included :n its scope both body and suit. V. 2. These men were sometimes called Apostles. The word was after- ward used in a wider sense. Paul was ere of the Apmeties. also Barabas and ethers. These twelve are mentioned four times in the New Tsetament, Math, Mark 3: 16i Luke 6: 14: Acts 1: 13. They fall into three divisions <l four each, but the order is rot al- verve the sante in each division. Peter is a]wave the first and Juctas the last. Somee of then. such as Peter and John, are often mentioned, and we know much about them, but theme are ethers t.f whom we knew little except the r ante. They were all taken from the con- 1VO0 pe, plc, and if we wonder why Jesus did not select some from the wore educated end noble elasseE, per- baps the answer would be that Jesus a't' to ch -se from those :vhm offered themselves. Not many rich were call- ed. The narvetoac feet is that Jesus was nide to ,take steth oi,livary ma- terial and p1061 e such grand results, :for these mien became the pillars of the church. Orly one was an utter failure though it remaine a mystery how Judas crane to make so disastrous e 411 V. 9. Bartholomew is probably to he identified with Nicoden us. Leubaeus, Thatddeus, and Jude the son of Jamee are all navies for the same person. the Samaritans or Gentiles, As yet they are not equipped for the larger and difficult preaching. • V.'7 Her tells' them what to say. They are not to • preach their own thoughts,,but to announce that God's kingdom is near at hand, and that the promises of Israel are about to be fulfilled. V. 8. •They must also do all they can to help and heal the sick and the for- saken. • V. 9. He 'advises' them on their equipment. They must not take any extra, clothing. They must travel light- ly, and must not be very anxious about their board and lodging. 'As they go front place to place they will receive hospitality. III. THE Rnwaxn, ch. 10: 40-42. Here Jesus gives the promise of help. He will not send them on their oven charges. He will' not leave them alone. Theirs is an honorable calling, since they represent himself. Nor will their work be in vain since the small- est work done, as his disciples, will never be forgotten. To do work for Jesus is to gain eternal jay, War Inevitable Thinks Woman British M.P. Says Consider- able Pro -War Feeling Abroad London. --Inevitability of war "under certain circumstances" was stressed by Susan Lawrence, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry' of Health, when addressing a recent meeting in. Louden on "Women and Peace." "We are now," said Miss Lawrencel "watching the progress of one of the most practical and hopeful efforts to- wards peace. The feeling that war is not only wicked but is barbaric and foolish is the sentimentmakes which for the sitcom of that conference. But even if the futility of war is com- ing home to the national conscience there is atilt in this country consider- able pro -war feeling, and I think we movement is not concerned with what must fact the fact that under certain has been done wrong in the past but circumstances war is inevitable. I with what is going to be done right would go so far as to say that there in the future, What is wrong with are certain conditions which areworse England may be -a theme capable of than year. Any movement which situp- indefinite expansion, but what is right ly argues that war is wrong is doomed. with England seems to me to be .one to futility. "It is a horrible fact that there is no Great nation in the world that has attained its freedom except by war. The fact that we have passed through that stage ourselves has colored our national consciousness. It is no good for us to say that war has sever set- tle danythiug. It is not true. It is not true to say that Cromwell and his Ironsides settled nothing, nor is it true to say that America settled noth- ing with regard to slavery. No. These memories of how we r ttafned our freedom are proud memories, and this, I think, is at the root of the complac- ency and even the admiration with which people look upon war. "The great danger of the future is that those infinitely explosive ideas of freedom and Iiberty have passed into the conscience of the people of the East. What good is it to talk to those People of the pacifism of the upper dog? "We should do well, therefore, to realize that just as wars have been inevitable in the past, they may also be inevitable in the future, We are more likely to act reasonably and wisely if we realize this, especially in regard to our obligations to the League of Nations." What $g �ht I ig changes we are capable of taking in Happy Silhouette our stride. • With .En land ' Even if, say the cotton industry r ,- ,.- t u Movement o a am Sto-n - lc mr 1 v r Ever P l 1 e W soon d sink, - rmanentl to a c v d 1 P e y � level than it has enjoyed, that, too, is Ey Lord Beaverbrook a loss the nation can repair. If, in the By 4NNETTE We hear a great deal nowadays .matter of shipping, America and Ger- ' about the misfortunes .of Great Bvi- many compete with us in: material, ain. The war left ns damaged if yet we shall still more than hold our own the seamen triumphant, and not of our efforts , re Britain resort, the last resort, it is the to repair' the damage have been of qualities of our people that are what the happiest, is right with England and. that, The pessinfist,'looking 'aronnd, can :throtighout the ages, counterbalance find plenty of causes tor lamentation what may be wrong with England— and I am somtimes told that I ought the qualities of courage, will and to make use of these as arguments in vision. favor of the great cause of Empire Thera is Still Vision in England Free Trade which I advocate. T de- cline, however, to do so, for the simple: Where there is no vision, it was reason that such arguments would be said of 'old, the people perish. But irrelevant to the essential nature of 'there is vision still among us, and the that cause. people shall not perish. We have no The Empire Crusade is lased on a cause for despair. policy of optimism, not pessimism and ^Only the other day I read this re - it calls on the people of this •eounrty markable sentence: "Although 128,000 to support it in a mood of hope, not emigrated that year the number of in a mood of fear. It is easy enough paupers was 1,429,089, nearly one- but also most dangerous and most un- tenth of the population.' The book worthy, to play on the fears of the was Trevelyan's "Life 03 John Bright;' people. and the year was 1942—when England Some industries Hard Hit was on the verge' of her greatest I am willing enough indeed'te admit period of industrial. expansion and most of what the pessimists declare prosperity, It is because of these things that I is in the tough of the wave, Some of refuse to present the Free Trade Em our heavy industries have been hardpire as a policy of refuge from disas- ter. It is ant that. it is not our es - to fierce competition both from the cape from what has been badly done Americans and from the Germans, in the past, it is our opportunity for who bring new and up-to-date material doing well in. the future. to fight with ours that is. beginning, Our tradition has been that'd111fcul- to grow obsolete. Looking further, it ties spur us to great actions, and, if is possible to say that Egypt has gone we think of our difficulties now, it and that India is ;ping -1 do not we be in that light that we think agree.,. Our Government's policy, how- of them, for the greatest actionsof ever, is foolish, and the pessimists the British people still lie ahead. It have a right to ask us to face the was written by a young poet of our facts. time, who is now dead: The Future is the Thing Awake, awake! Thewomld is young, un g, And, in spite of all this, S repeat For all its weary years of thought! that these are not the arguments The starkest fights must yet be fought, adopted by the Empire Crusade. That The most surprising songs be sung. I wish he were still alive, for that is the spirit of the Empire Crusade.— Montreal Standard. • V. 4, Staten. The Canaanite is also • called the Zealot. V. 5. Now comes the address cm *large which Jesus gives to these men before they go out on their important dark. It Is a long discourse, and in- yludes much helpful advice, while it is also filled with the premise of help. V. 6. Ile fixes the limit of their 15. 3mors. They must not go beyond their own people, must not try to evangelize 'Mrs. Jones—"I'm nee er going to play another game of cards. I threw the last pack of cards into the stove tliie afternoon." Mr. Jones—"Oh, .burning up your bridge behind you, eh?" on which it is more profitable to ex- pand, .end what is right with us is now, as it always has been, quite suf- ficient to maintain our place in the world. More than once in the course of our history we have faced misfortunes that seemed to be crushing. If we have so mire -handled things in Egypt anti India that our -hold there grows slacker, it does not mean that we have entered upon our final decline as an Imperial power. Compare with the present situation that which existed in 1T83 when the American Colonies were torn from us, partly by our own bungling. Britain's Great Colonial Empire That is what historians call the end of "The First Empire,' and foreign contemporaries supposed it to mean the end of British greatness. But from that disaster we went on to create The Second Empire, and the Crusaders recognized the need for "The Third Empire," which will be the economic Empire with the goal of. Free Trade within its confines. Even without the Dominions (though God forbid that we should be obliged to approach the task without their help) we have in the Colonial Empire tracts so wide and wealthy of the earth's surfaco ready to our modelling hands as to supply the elements of this mighty Third Empire. It is the same with our concerns at home, Trade in England has befere now seemed to be on the verge of death Throughout the Middle Ages agriculture was our staple occupation, and at the end of the Middle Ages any man would have told you that bad policy and the greed of a few individ- uals were killing farming and that "the grey -faced sheep" was eating up the husbandman to the country's irre- trievable detriment. Yet then the Daintiest days of English farming were still to come. ' The Qualities Really Count So it 15 with us now. What we lose in one direction, we can and shall make up in another. One bas only to look at the abandoned lead mines of the Mendips, the abandoned tin mines of Cornwall, that speckle a grand landscape with their melancholy re- lics, to realize what losses and Piracy in China 'Seas Hong Kong Press: Nowhere else in the world is piracy on the, high seas met with, and no 'other Government in the world would regard outrages of this character off its coast with such indifferent interest. But in a country where bandits are almost as plentiful as blaekbories, and where the kidnap- ping Of prominent people is quite a commonplace incident, an occasional outburst of piratical activity is prob- ably looked upon as a matter of no great importance.... China claims to be •regarded .as the equal in all re- spects of other Powers. To support that claim she should see to it that the lawiecs proclivities o: some of her citizens are effectively held in check. It was British naval activity which cleaned up the pirates of the Two Idwangs half a century ago, and it is only British activity to -day which pre- vents the desperadoes of Bias Bay be- coming more dangerous than they ac- tually are. China should take this work in hand herself, and do it thor• oughly. • The Banks and Industry New Statesman (London): (Mr. J. H. Thomas has recently stated that the city is noxi prepared tr stand be- hind, and to provide credits for, ap- proved schemes of rationalization and business reconstruction). We must make what we can of this, until fuller explanations are vouchsafed. One thing, however, is clear. Whatever it may mean in the long run for the reorganization of industry, it can bring no immediate hope for work for the unemployed. For it more likely to result in closing old works than in opening new ones; and it is generally agreed that rationalization in its •ear• lier stages is more likely to increase than to diminish the numbers' of the unemployed. Mr. Thomas' speech, therefore, gives no hint of a solution of his immediate problem; but that this problem remains as urgent as the other no sensible person can doubt., ' 'Unless justice is impartial and in- crruptible it ceasesto be justice and becomes luck." -Rupert Hughes, Night -Club Habitue (staggering out of dive at 4 a.m.-"Good Lord, what is that strange odor around here?" Doorman "That, sir, is fresh ah." 1 The problem of slenderness is one of serious study. It is more so today than ever with new- silhouette 'with moulded bodice and hips. The Princess model illustrated is a work of art with its uniqueflat hip- line. Pointed seaming treatment at either sire of front minimizes width, thus making it suitable for the larger woman as well as young slime type. 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Australia and Singapore Melbourne Australasian: We are happily situated in occupying an is- land continent, and the chief advant- age which the situation gives to 118 is that we are enabled to make use of the sea as a frontier. We run no risks of attack from the south and west. The danger on the east is re- mote and slight. Our weakness is in the north, and our bes. means defence in that 'direction is not near to our own shores, but as far away from them as safety w111 permit. Singapore is our Verdun. it is the height of folly to think of the defence of Australia being conducted from our own. shores, with the "three-mile limit" as a fringe. We do not, of course, overlook the consideration that a naval base at Singapore would be of very great im portance for the defence of other parts of the British Empire likewise. It is. not merely an Australian question. Our concern for it, however, is in- creased, not limited, by the fact that it required for the defence of India, the British possessions in Africa, the East Indies, and the China swam well as for Australia and the Pacific; for we are part of the political system to which these possessions pertain, and their security is ours, Canada Leads in Wealth Growth Railway Official Gives Inter- esting Talk on Advertis- ing Canada "Tho mate, of,`gldwtii of wealth per capita of the population of Canada, during the past 20'yeare has never been achieved 'by' an other nation," Charles Price green, commissioner, department of natural resources, Can- adian National Railways, said in his address . on "Advertising Canada," at Montreal recently.. Mr. Price -Green traced the develop- ment of Canada, ;and revealed the enol -mops natural resources which con- tribute to, its wealth. Dining the last 20 years •Canada's trade has multiplied elght'times, leads all others in favor- able trade balan^e per head of popula- tion and, with the exception of New Zealand, in exports, per capita, the average of the last 12 years is 4150— more than three times that of the "One of the main contributing. causes to Canada's prosperity has beenthe development of hydro elec- tifcity on a very large scale," Mr. Price -Green said. "I have a vision of 'a future in which this power will make -Canada one of the greatest in- dustrial countries in the world. Al- ready it has enabled us to rise to leadership in the men':facture of pulp and paper; ceutributed to the upbuild- ing of a.great mining industry! and in general manufacturing." "It might be pointed out that the development of water .,wer has a most pronounced effect on the con- sumption of coal; that one installed horse power is capable of saving six tons of coal.This means that the present water powerinstallation is capable of saving thirty-four million tons of coal in the course of a single year. "Closely allied ivith water powers is the great pulp and paper industry which has grown with phenomenal vapidity. The industry has made re- markable strides in chemical and me- chanieal:development. The latter is well illustrated by a new newsprint machine installed at the Freed of the Great Lakes capable of making a roll of paper twenty-five feet wide at the rate of three thousand feet a minute. "The story of the rise of the mining industry is tbis country is well known to all and has been heralded all over the world and has possibly been Can- ada's greatest advertisement, tieing of more domantic interest than the re- markable grain production of the West. "The mining industry of Canada bas risen in twenty years from eighty-five million dollars to three hundred and five million dollen in 1929, In a few years from now we will look back at this production as only a small be- ginning. "From the dawn of civilization the lure of mineral wealth has attracted the explorer and prospector, and now comes the aeroplane to assist him in this work. The great incentive is that tbere is an almost unbelievably in- creasing demand for minerals." 'United States. 'A sheik wouldn't- give a fig for a ,harem, but he's heavy on the dates." "3 predict satisfactory television in general use within' five years.'—Lee De Forest. MUTT AND JEFF— By Bun FISHER JUDGC,•MIS MAP! 0415 itis FtvE�tYGA1 S �Bj�PSCIsAl.1Mo 't hi'Ts No a 'Lou 4 )tom': vtiilat lie Stj0WEQ I% S LAW. SLuisGINd Md oh! The crit 3{ NY DIARY 'RGA'Ds I.Iicc A Ni16VoRY 011'ite e.epec Ona GFi1�uAfae 'A�$TU$.MLT!,wNA-t NAVA roil Go' 'tri '•• sk- its YouR. BEAN -F? MISWete (ytG MAT t Z Deals( WV X SLVGGG-1J TNG 5wcGT tiMAN:, Mutt, rrenies Everything. MRS. MUTT SIWS >POO CLOUTGIb NC12 coNttNuALL -I>oN'T 'PAY AN ATTe TI N Tb i sacs PUNCH DRUNK il! It Calm Before The Threatened Storm in India -. Gandhi Remains in His Quite Retreat in Ominous Silence, Bombay.—Is India on the eve 0$ open rebellion? Does the present cal >1• merely portend a storm? What is Gandhi; the notorious tree treinist leaderL really doing at ,this- moment in 'ds little stone hermitages• on the dutsklrts of.the city of Ahmed. abad, and how far does he dare to this time in pursuing hie 'Purpose o 0f testing the patience and strength the Government?. These are the questions on the IipO. of every European—and, indeed, i#' the minds of countless thousands 01 loyal Indians in every. section of the country. There can be no doubt that there• is serious 1 'ouble brewing and tha official India has every cause to b gravely apprehensive. Disobedience Threat What precisely are the steps which. the authorities will take to meet the,• initial manoeuvres in the threatened civil disobedience campaign, Which ie, due to be launched by the middle of February, I am not in a position ten say, but I do know tha'. effective; measure will follow swiftly In the path of any attempt at the initiation] of a general subversive movement. ' It is difficult to reconcile the ate mosphere of tranquility which cute wardly prevails here with the events which in the knowledse of everyone are going on behind the scene. State garden parties balls and leve ees have been to older of the da at Government House, the magnifX cent official home of Sir Frederick and Lady Sykes, where Lord and Lady Irwin eeee been staying fon some days in the course of an annuals Indian tour, and when yesterday fox; the first time rinse he came to India the Viceroy drove in State to the Bombay races he was cheered by; from twenty to thirty thousand Pee ple. Guarding the Viceroy • Yet this Is only a superficial Dice ture. I doubt whether suck energetic precautions have ever been taken be. fore for the safeguarding of an Indian. Viceroy. When Lord Irw;n's special train was due to depart from New Delhi for Bombay, every yard of the 866 miles cf line was carefully examined. Patrols of police and British troop; were placed along the entire way, and a special guard was mounted on the train itself. Extraordinary precau- tions have likewise been taken during his stay in Bombay, and when the Viceroy and his wife entrained once more to spend a few days with the Geakwar of Baroda the line of lite journey was again carefully examined beforeband, and troops were sent out to ensure that he enjoys a safe jour. ney. The absolute contempt which Lord and Lady Irwin have shown for the dangers which have recently beset them have of course gained for them universal admiration for even in the face of warning and threatening lets tars which have been seht to the Vico. roy himself since the recent attempt on his life, they have both continued undaunted on their way. Gandhi's Retreat Meanwhile Gandhi remains in hie quiet retreat. IIe has gone there t0 await the results of his Independence Day demonstration. In every section of India on this' day workers will assemble to hear a declaration by members of the worke ing committee, which is in reality the executive of the rebel Gandhi organ- ization. rganization. Citizens are asked to devote the day after attending the meetings of their leaders, first to spinning for an hour or so, then to local came paigns for sale of their own Tabs ries as opposed to those of foreign competitors. The actual civil disobedience' eru- sade is not timed for a date before the middle of February. It will not begin, in fact, before the working comittee have mot early next month and decided on the methods which their followers are to adept in evading further payment of taxes, and defy ing all Government authority even ttj the extent of boycotting the publf( schools, It is here that the Governs ment will be called on to step in. Unemployment Relief 't L'Information (11lontreal) One of the best ways of relieving the enure, tion rapidly would be to accelerate the execution of certain projected undoes takings which" can be carried out fit winter time and td decide on steeling others which are of a necessary chaiit actor, for in Canada what the worke, demands is not charity, but work ttf assure hint a liveiihood, "A French designer says a woman' dress now should be. 'two Scoters 'd gers' below :the knee." .Er—iu t case is the Scotclrman pouring fro Ids own bottle or his host's?—Detrol News. - There will be a little gold braid 1'' evidence at the London parley, cording to cable dispatches. Thi may be due to the desire on the p of participating nations to keep th selvee free from war-gilt.—New Yo livening Post.