The Seaforth News, 1930-12-04, Page 10Sunday School
Lesson
ANALYSIS
I, STEPHEN TETE .ZEALOUS PREACHER,
6'd 1-15.
II, FALSELY ACCUSED, 7: 1-53,
SII. THE MARTYR, 7: 54-60.
December 7. Lesson X—Stephen (An
Early Interpreter, of Christianity)-
Acts 6: 7-10; 1: 54-60. Golden Text
—They chose Stephen, a man full
of faith and of the Holy Ghost.—
Acts 6: 5.
INTeennerioN—Chapter six of the
book of Acts records a new develop-
ment
evelopment in the Christian movement in
Jerusalem. Two groves now appear,
"the Grecian Jews," or Hellenists, and
"the Hebrews." The former spoke the
Greek language. They were Jews who
had lived abroad, engaged for :he most
part in trede,,who had returned to
-u3trusalem to visit friends, or to join
in the celebration of the ancient festi-
vals, or no doubt in some cases out cf
love for the holy 'city to spend .their
last dal there. Of them E. 1'. Scott
writes, "It is not difficult to guess
why they, more than others, were at-
tracted to the new teaching (that is,
the Christian teaching). By their
contact with a larger world thee out-
look had been Leoadened; more than
they were aware, and when they came
back to Jerusalem thee. were'apt to he
bitterly disillusioned. Instead of the
religious ardor they had dreamed of
they, too, often foend nothing but the
wrangling of worldly priests and the
endless hair-splitting of the interpret-
ers of the laev. In the Christian coni -
e. unity they breathed a larger and
more spiritual atmosphere. Here was
Judaism at its bee set free front all
that narrowed and perverted. it. Here,
if anywhere, was the real feeling for
religion."
To this group Stephen belonged, and
Isis. understanding of the Christian
faith, as well as his attitude toward
the Jewish institutions, is of profound
interest to those who would fully ap-
preciate the growing life of the church
and especially the ministry of Paul
in the period that followed.
I. STEPHEN THE ZEALOUS PREACHER,
6: 1-15,
There may have seen a disposition
among the Hebrew Christiane to treat
the Grecians as outsiders and foreign-
e and the "murmuring" of the :atter
may have been justified. Where the
twelve apostolic leaders had charge,
all was well, but the members of the
Christian community had so increased
and its activities so widened that they
were fully occupied with preaching--
and
reachingand teaching. And, they said, "It is
not reason that we should leave the
word of God, and serve tables." And
so they advised the appointment of
seven"over this business,"
Stephen, however, was not content
merely to serve tables "in the daily
tninistratiot." He became a preacher
"full of grace and power," as did also
another of the seven whose name was
PI-ilip, chap. 8: 4-8. In their case the
lower ministry led to the higher, the
Iess to the greater. It seems clear
that Stephen, in his preaching and in
the disputes in which he became in-
volved (v. 9), too - the essentially
Christian position that the law of
Moses and the temple ritual were not
sly t! and that Jesus
t..cssar to a on
s,
Y ,
a ened toall men a new wayof
had p
faith. Of course that was "to speak
blasphemous words against this holy
place, and the law" (v. 13), bet only
to put them, as institutions of religion,
in their proper place. But the ene-
mies of Stephen distorted his words,
accusing him of blasphemy and had
him arrested and brought before the
council,
II. PeLseLY ACCUSED, '7: 1-53.
In deadly peril of his life, dragged
before an unfriendly tribunal, Stephen I
preserved his courage and serenity,
Those who sat in the council "saw his
face as it had been the face of au.
angel," chap. 6: 15.
Stephen's defence of his teaching ,
before the council presents ar argu-
ment which must have app -aced to
fair-minded mien among his judges.
• His enemies were insisting upon the
divine and unchangeable authority of
Mosaic Iaw and ritual. He shove them
in a rapid review of their history that
God had appeared to Abra:ram and
made covenant with him long before
the time of Masc.-, that he had deliver-
ed Joseph and had •given him favor
and wisdom before the Egyptian ruler
centuries before Moses led their fath-
ers out of Egypt, and gave them the
law at Sinai, and that Moses himself
was but one of that succession of great
leaders whom God had raised up in
Israel. He xeminded them that the
Men of Israel had not understood the
deliverance which God was giving
them by the hand of Moses (vs. 25),
.How the Telephone, Uelped
"Great emit!" exclaimed Jaek Wright, former captainof the local football squad. "Next best thing to being
with the boys is to hear from yell regularly and to know how the team ie shaping up." tack's team mates
thought a lot or their captain and when the doctor ordered him, right at Dee very beginning of the season to go to
the mountain sanitarium for a complete' rest, they erranged amongst themselves to call him on the long distance
telephone two or three times a week. Thecalls cost very little add as coach Hennessy said "those telephone
talks not only cheered Jack but they kept the team members right on .their toes for naturally, they' didn't want
to talk about anything but wins when they spoke to Jack!"
tLat at first'they'had refused his lead-
reehip (v. 35), and that in the wilder-
ness they had not been obedient to his
authority (v. 39). In a passionate
climax he turned upon his accusers
and charged them with resisting the
spirit of God as their fathers had
done, and with their last and greatest
crime, in that they had "become be-
trayers and murderers" of Jesus, the
Righteous One,
III. Tae %ARTYR, '7: 54-60.
These last words of Stephen so
aroused the passions of the mob that
a furious attack was made upon him,
and he was dragged forth from, the
'ccuncil chandler and the city and
stoned to death. One can hardly doubt
that the "young man named Saul" had
more than a passive part in the crime.
.It may be, indeed, that Saul had heard
the speech of Stephen and that, though
he resisted the force of its rine:ment,
both the speech and the conduct of
Stepen had made an indelible impres-
sion upon his mind. Both in speech and
in action that day Stephen the martyr
was a true interpreter of the Chris-
tian faith. _
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'When a roan has mush to say he
often whispers it."
New Brunswick Hills
The Geodetic Survey of Canada, De-
partment of the Interior, in the course
of its work on the triangulation of the
Maritime Provinces, has accurately
determined the geographic positions
and elevations of a number of pro-
minent hilts in northern New Bruns -
wide such as Mount Carleton, 2,600
feet; Costigan, 2,197 feet; Bald peak,
2,086 feet.
Settlers Take Up Land
North Bay, Ont.—During the past.
1
12 months 600.settlers have taken 'ups
land in the district which is under
the Crown lands agent.of Cochrane.
This area includes 16 township's from
the Quebec boundary west to Fauquler,
the greater number of these settlers
are in an area within.a radii' of 18
miles of Cochrane.
This is said to be the largest num-
ber of settlers to come to the district
since it was thrown open for home-
steading. Europeans have outnum-
bered Canadian but quite a number
of native have come from the West,
particularly Manitoba..
The majority of the new arrivals in
the district are Finns, Hungarians
and Slays. In Pine and Machin
townships there are large commua
sties of .Finns who still retain the
communal system under welch they
lived in their own' land. Six or
seven years ago there were practically
no Finns in Cochrane but today they
have 18 Finnish hotels there, •
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When Cats Were Rarities
The. Manx cat is dying out. Even in
the Isle of Man itself the tailless breed
M becoming rare, while the mainland
type, e complete with tail is increasing
p , A , s S
in numbers.
The Manx cat is not a native of
Man—indeed, it is believed to be of
Japanese origin, though how it.got to
the Isle of Man from far -away Japan
is something oe a mystery. But, then,
the ordinary domestic cat is not a na-
tive of Britain, and was comparatively
rare ie. Europe until late in the Mid-
dle Ages, 11 is believed'to be the re-
sult of crossings between the Egyptian
cat, a sacred animal in ancient Egypt,
and the wild cat.
Cats without toile, or with rudi-
mentary tails only, are still common
in certain parts of the Far East,
•
He (at 11.30 p,m,)—"Did you know
I could imitate any bird you can
name?" She—"No, I didn't. Can you
imitate a homing pigeon
Mary—"Your insults have no effect
on me. You will not gain your point
in that way!" Martin—"What do 'I
want to gain?" "You want to make
me go to mother. But I will send for
her to cone here."
1'
Mrs, Chat—"It says bore in the
paper that a certain man hasn't
spoken to his wife for twelve years."
Mr. Chat (in name only)—"Give him
time. He, may get a chance yet."
To Helen of Troy
By. Helen Hoyt
Helen it is not'you they have desired,
And it is not you: they praise now la
their songs,
But you are thousand women and a
thousand faces,
And the glances of many eyes glance
out oP yours,
And thoe allur'ement'o{your breath
Is not the allurement of one woman
that fails,
But your beauty is beauty itself,
And with that you have, held men's
love, their praise.
For never are they long in the delight
of one delight,
But they must taste at many springs
and -far rivers,
Seeking not' any woman, but all wo-
manhood.
And you are that perfection and illu-
sion,
For they have made you atter their
Heart's •'s islr
And call upon you by your name, your
beauty,
But 'tis not you they Bali—not Helen,
not Helen's Mee. .
If you returned, would they remember
your footsteps?
Or be more eager to .look or 201I0er
f
a ter ? '
o
Or would they.stop w it h 7 ti more
than they stop with us?
Stay then their story, and be immortal
and all -lovely;
For only yours is the beauty that can
bend them wholly,
Itis the dream of love theirloveis
constant to,
The dream of love that holds, not we
that hold them.
Only yoitrs the beauty they let bind
them, uns'earied,
And never our beauty, the Minding of
our aingle love,
O Trojan woman who' died, who never
lived, whose beauty passed,
It is only the dream of love that does
not die.
Warne azati
By
,MARIE ANN HEST
Ability, natural abilities are like na-
tural plants, they .need pruning by
study. -Bacon.
Building
We are living in t, wonderful 'age.
8 wonder if we realize just how won-
ilerful it is. Ordinary people live in
miniature palaces compared to the.
shelter our less fortunate ancestors
enjoyed. It. is appalling what neces-
sary things they had to do without.
Now we have electricity which wields
her magic wand scattering comfort
and light broadcast so lavishly, What
is it? We use it but who knows what
it is? And out of the cauldron of na-
tural hidden wonders which have been
lying dormant until now, how marvel-
ously have the builders, thinking men
and women, uncovered pone new trea-
surerto lavieh.on our present civiliza-
tion. Each new thing invented or dis-
covered we receive with wonder but
in all too short a time accept 'and use
it as a natter of course. Having these
things ma_kedly lessens our. tasks and
gives is more, lelsure but we fail .to
use that lelsure to develop our own
particular talents and individuality
It ;may mean hard work with dis-
couragement for. it is a fact that
things: worth while are not woh easily,
but every'one'has something which
• only he or she can do and it is amaz-
ing how' that something develops. and
grows if .we try, and we slowly but
surely push in to our rightful places.
So often we make the mistake of
thinking time is wasted if we do not
earn money with what *0 have learn-
ed. It is true material things are very
desirable, no one denies that; but af-
ter all it is our. spiritual growth which
counts. It is all we can take with.us
into eternity so the thought comes,
"Are we helping and .instilling in our
children a desire 'to build their per-
sonalities?
We so often nowadays hoar this,
"You know, I never study my musts
any more since we have the radio. i
think we'll just sell our, piano." We
forget because we have at some time
• studied music, that the door leading to
an understanding and appreciation of
what we heal' is always open to u's but
for our children who grow up all too
quickly we have closed the door be-
cause they hear the radio but most
of it. goes over their heads and they
fail to either understand or appreci-
ate the great world of pleasure which
music has to offer. They are 'not
building in their minds the storehouse
for music. It is a small and poor
building and they cannot hear with
the heating of . understanding. The
same is true of every vocation In Iife.
It doesn't matter what it ie. It is
necessary to study it' and then try to
ihavelearned our -
do the things s we
g
selves in order to broaden out into,
what we should be in each new
thing. learned we are really building,
always buiiding an invisible habita-
tion.
• Paper bags etre a boon and,a bless-
ing besides being convenient for pack-
ing .separate field lunches, they are
handy to slip a hand into for': disagree-
able small task—for instance it may
be necessary to wipe rip something
spilt upon the floor when one's 'hands
Mr. Wealth: "I am leaving town
for my health."
Miss Seeker: "Do you always take
your doctor's advice?" -.
Mr. DeWeaith: "This was my law-
yer's advice.
v ss
are, spotlessly clean. Put your hand
into a paper bag, take the floor cloth,
use it, replace it and still have spot-
less hands.
Rubber -tired castors will make a
convenient tea -wagon out of a table
too low or too small to be of much
use otherwise.
Snuffling; Inches
Little Betty's grandma used the old
fashioned method for .measuring a
yard by stretching the goods at arm's
length, bolding onaend of it up to her
nose.
One day Betty came to her saying,
"Smell anis, Grandma, and see how
long it is."
Twilight Hour Story—What is the
Story About?
Chapter 1
?hie is going tobe a story about a
bird and the kind of a bird I am sure
you know, and if you do not loamy
what this bird loops like ask your
Daddy to take you out to a farm so
you can see for yourself just what the
bird I am going to' tell you about
Looks like.
But then I am sure you, have often
seen one almost exactly like the one
-1 am going to describe. Perhaps it
may be you even have some of your
ownout in the.back yard. Now can
you, guess what it is about? Well, it
is about a chicken, a nice fat chicken
with pure pretty white feathers: Didn't
you ever wonder how she keeps so
clean? I do. It seems she never bas
to take' a bath or have her face or her
han goodness; I Was nearly going to
say "hands." Of course she hasn't. any
hands, and that makes me remember
she has only two feettoo, hasn't she?
Not =eh like pussy cat, is she? No
bands and only' two feet. It must be
funny to"be made like that, but *then
she has things we haven't got. For one
thing she has those lovely white feath-
ers. Oh, don'tthey keep her nice and
warm, especially just now when it's
getting cold? Those feathers are even
betterthan a fur coat.
But we must get on with the story.
One day a good many weeks ago,
when it was 5ti11 nice and warm -out-
ofdoors, this young Lady Hen, whose
name. was Lucy, thought she would.
like to 'have some little' fluffy baby
chicks. She didn't know what they
were like because she never had any
before, but someone told her, T believe
it was Miranda Sparrow, 'that she
could have some all her very own, but
Miranda teed her."If you want those
little chicks you mustn't lay that nice
white egg in the nest in the chicken
house the way you •did yesterday or
the day before.' I won't tell you to-
night wbat to do but next week I'll
tell yon what to do with those nice
white eggs so you can have some cute
little bob
chicks. So
next week lit-
tle boys and girls, if You re.reale
good
and shut your eyes .now and go to
sleep in the nice dark which was made
50 We could go to sleep, I'll promise to
tell you all about it.
Tire dark is kind and cosy,
The dark is soft and deep,
The dark will pat my piIMMI
And love me as I.sleep.
God made the dark so daytime
Could close its tired eyes,
And sleep awhile in. comfort
Beneath the starry skies.
Neat week—What Lady Hen Did.
A couple were walking down the
street and the wife said:
"John, Pd like that dress in the
window."
John—"Well, it's there, isn't it?"
9,
husband (fed up): "By George, I
must have been crazy to marry you!"
Wife (placidly): "Yon were, dearest
-I remember Inc said so- every day
for months."
blaster of the House: "Er—Glary,
your mistress and .I leave been dis-
cussing matters, and, to put it plain-
ly, we suspect you of eaves -dropping..
However, to save further trouble
we—" hlary (breaking in): "I. heard
you, and I've got my box packed,"
Peguis Post Office
Peguis post office in Manitoba takes
its name from Peguis, the Saniteaux
Indian chief, who'was a friend of the
Red Rive' settlers anti well disposed
to the.whites ih their efforts to found
a colony in the early years of the nine-
teenth century.
Change 'Volk Type
Through h Your Hair.
Smooth, Sleek Coiffure Favor.
ed by Fashion of the
Moment
Iiow many of the feminine sex sad-
danly peer into the mh'ror and. turn•
our heads this way,. then that way, and
with every movement become more
and more dis-satisfied? Such a same
ness—how tired we are of the same
personality. The next time you ,feel
this way, grab a comb and try parting:
the hair itt different manner. Th'e•
results aim often startling and you,
have a new role to play—you are a
different person—the'moment before'
yo1 were a fluffy, rather sweet :indi
vidiial—Now,-behold! . Titter sophists.
cation is yours.
Here re a few hints;—First study
the contours 02. Your face. If Yours
the thin face, but irregular features, 6
perhaps you find the center parting ,
unbecoming—try a very low parting.
The result wi11 be quitefeeder:dug.
Wearing the hair low over the fore
head decreases the length of the face,
giving a hint of broadness, which Is -
most becoming to the long, narrow -
featured person, but must be avoided
by the broad face.
By combing the hair back off the
forehead, exposing it, will make the
face longer and narrower—especially
if the ears are also expose. This.
style is very severe and only becom-
ing
ecoming to one •with- shell-like ears and a
lovely skin, BoWever, 'Dame Fashion.
at the moment decrees that Gee ears
be hidden. So if the Bair Is short, ;it
can be combed back and arranged to.
show just the tip of the ear. This
way the face will seem longer and'
less broad.
The broad -featured person may
achieve'a slenderizing effect by comb
ing the hairs so that it covers the
cheeks, thus lessening the' amount of
light space on the width 'of the face.
This is a very successful arrangement
for the person with dark hair,
Loose curls, Light waves and unruly
hair should be eschewed by most peo-
ple with ,irregular features. -Loose
waves, quite indefinite as to outline,:
and quite sleekly fitting to the head,
will be found to he much more be-
coming to most people.
By all 'means—remember 'this—
those who have round fapesshould
atloid long hair that is warn low on
the nape of the neck. This style of
hairdressing 'le most successful for
those with long, rather narrow fea-
tures. The fluffy, loose hairdo ess•
'dwarfs the features with.a-tendency to
smallness or thinness. On the other
hand, the sleek, close -fitting style has
a habit 02 making large features ap- •
peal' larger,
The best time to try these new ef-
fects Is immediately after shampooing.
Then the hair is not so stubborn and.
set.
Salt in Manitoba
In Manitoba numerous brine springs
are found in the area west of lake
Winnipegosis, and brine has been en-
countered in drill holes in the district
between Winnipeg and the boundary
of Saskatclieman. '
Every dayshould be passed as if it
d
were to be the last—Publius Syrus,
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"A flapper silhouetted against the
fl eplaee makes a grate showing,"
Londoners Approve
New Style Buses
London—London's new . luxurious
omnibuses with inside staircases,,.
which have been tried out on certeit}'
routes, have proved .so .popular with
the public that they will soon repiac .
all the old existing types in use, i
has been announced,.
The new vehicles with their large
rear platforms have been found parr:
titularly useful in rush-hour trafdo.
They hate six wheels and; accomne*
date more people,
There have been about six different
types of buses introduced hers since
the war. It was stated at the .head
quarters of the omnibus company that
while the program now being curried
out suggests a standardization of troll
types, the possibility was never ruled
out of the development of a better or
more convenient omnibus in the fib.
ture.
The new buses will be put into scsa'
vice every week from note until th
old ones are entirely replaced.
Wheeled Toys Display
Children's Jumping Jack
The trend in toylanl is to wheels.
Recent production figures indicate
an increasing popularity of children'
automobiles, velocipedes, tricycles an
other wheel toys.
Scooters, however, fell off in Aro
(Motion last year. There also w
a decrease in the number of doll ea-
riages and: doll carts manufactured. ,