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Zurich Herald, 1940-08-22, Page 6SUNDAY SCHOOL ESSN LESSON VIII CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS 2 Samuel 12:1-14; Psalm 51:1-17; 32:1-11 Printed Text, 2 Samuel 12:18, 14; Psalm $1:1-3, 9.13; 32:5. Golden Text: "Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed." Jas. 5:16. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time — We are not exactly sure of the time in which this terrible experience of David'a took place, but we may locate It approximately in the year 1035 B.C. Place — Jerusalem. This lesson is one of the most wonderful in all the Bible, exposing the terrible consequences of uure- Dented sin, and the glorious possib- ilities, because of God's mercy and love, for such sin to be forgiven and put away, and for life once again to be filled with joy and praise and Treace. DAVID'S REPENTANCE The great sin of David's life is recorded in II Sammuei. A year pass- es after the killing of Uriah. Sud- denly the prophet Nathan appears before David. He comes as if to claim redress for a wrong in a humble life; rouses the King's con- seience by his simple tale of the rioh man and the ewe lamb. II Samuel 12:13. And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against Jehovah. And Nathan said unto Da- vid, Jehovah also hath pat away thy sin; thou shalt not die. 14. How belt, because of this deed than hast given great occasion to the enemies of Jehovah to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. David is crushed by the sense of his guilt in the sight of God. The sentence which he had pronounced. on himself (v. 5) Na- than says will not be executed, al- though David deserved to die as an adulterer and murderer. Instead, a long series of chastisements, begin- ning with the death of the child, de- clared the divine judgment ou his sin. HE ASKS FOR CLEANSING Psalm 51 is a psalm of penitence and the subsequent putting away of sin by the mercy of God, together Pianist Turns Farmer Defies Frantz, eminent American pianist, is enjoying his first taste of farm life. He has moved to a small ranch in the film colony of Encino, where he raises Great Dane dogs, practices with a rifle, does garden work and lives the life of a country gentleman when not at the studio. Here we find him at his new ranch playing a game -of croquet./ with a prayer for renewal and sanctification. It is supposed to have been written by David after his great sin, when the word of the prophet Nathan had aroused his conscience and brought him peni- tently to the throne of grace. These verses have brought comfort and assurance of forgiveness, and hope for a renewed life after some ter• rible transgression to a great„num- ber of God's children: Psalm 51:1. Have mercy upon me, 0 God, according to thy loving -kind- ness: According to the multitude et thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions: 2. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. 3. For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before .me. The prayer for pardon is based upon God's -revelation of his char- acter in Exodus 34:6,7. David here insists that sinfulness does not eon- sist merely in sinful acts, but hi a sinful and corrupt nature, DAVID'S PRAYER 9, Bide thy ta,ce from my sins, And blot out all mine Inigrul. es, 10. Create in me a Clem h” ea, 0 • God; mow People Froin All Over Continent Meet .at C.N.E. A section of the .crowd in attendance at the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, is shown here near a favorite meeting -place, the Fountain. A,nd. renew a right spirit within me. 11. Cast the not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy Spirit from me. 12, Restore unto me the joy of tiny salvation; And uphold me spirit. This beautiful prayer asks first for a complete renewal of nature, then that there may be no break between the suppliant and God, and thirdly, for a joy and willingness to serve, which would naturally flow from the granting of the pre- ceding desires. Nothing less than a' new creation will make this mean's heart clean. Salvation is the gift of a clean heart and a steadfast spirit, the blessed consciousness of unbroken closeness of communion with God. 13. Then will I teach transgres- sors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. NEW LIFE OF JOY Psalm 32 also appears to have been written shortly after Nathan came to David with his message of judgment from God. We have here a record of David's experience be- fore Nathan came to him, and of the blessing that has come to him with the conecionsness of full for- giveness and restoration to the Fa- ther's ather's house. 5. I acknowledged my slit unto thee, And mine iniquity did I not hide: I said, I will confess my trans- gressions unto Jehovah; And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. There is no figure of speech fin- er than that of this psalm.; God is so ready to pardon that when man makes up his mind to confess, be- fore he does it, he is forgiven. God does not wait for our formalities, he deals with our attitudes. with a willing Farm Notes .. . THINNING APPLES Research has shown that under most conditions the size of ap- ples may be increased and better colour obtained by an artificial thinning, states D. S. Blair, Di- vision of Horticulture, Dominion • Experimental Farms Service. It will not only go far in eliminat- ing under -size fruit, but, by care- ful thinning, much of the defect- ive fruit resulting from insects, diseases, hail and limb rubs can be eliminated which reduces greatly the cost of harvesting, packing and marketing. Distri- buting the fruit uniformly over the tree will result in a more uniform product which is of par- ticular importance where box packing is done. Thinning pre- vents, to a very large degree, breakage due to overladen limbs and lessens the cost of propping. It further tends to make the tree more regular in bearing habit. ITS ADVANTAGES Thinning is practised shortly after the "June drop" when the apples are one to one and one- quarter inches in diameter. The distance apart to leave the fruit will depend very largely on the variety and general condition of the orchard. In general, .however•, only one apple should be left per spur or bud and the individual apples on a branch should be spaced six inches apart. All blemished and imperfect fruits should first be removed. In spac- ing, the fruits that are to re. main should be left on the upper side of the limb as far as possible where they will be exposed to sunlight. There are various techniques employed to remove the apples from the tree. The most efficient method is to hold the stem of the apple between the thumb and first finger and with the pressure or force of the remain- ing fingers separate the apple from the stem. In this way the apple is removed without disturb- ing the fruit spur and other ap- ples attached to it. Deep Hearth Makes The Best Fireplace The front hearth—that is that part of the hearth that is outside of the fireplace itself—should be not less than 18 inches deep. Logs break up when they burn, and flaming embers roll in all di- rections. A narrow front hearth is dangerous in such a case, as these embers may roll beyond the hearth and burn the floor or rug. Besides its practical use of a fire protection, a wide hearth looks better; it has more gener- ous feeling, and large andirons seem more at home with plenty of hearth in front of them. Saving ritlnt t° o's Natural Resources No, 4 EASIS OF AQUATIC LIFE Swarming in every body of water are millions of microscopic plants and animals known collectively as "plancton," Sometime when you are near a lake or stream, clip up a glass of water and hold it against the light, or better still, look at it through a magnifying glass. Min- ute specks will be seen travelling in every direction. These are the plancton animals and plants,' They are the basis of all aquatic life; they turn the energy of the sun- light into chemical substances that can be utilized by the higher ani. reale; they tear clown the bodies and wastes of the higher creatures into simpler compounds. plancton is made up of three dif- ferent types of living creatures. First, the plants, furnished with the green substance, chlorophyll, that has the unique power of turning water and carbon dioxide into food sugars with the aid of sunlight; se- cond, the saprophytes, the fungi and bacteria, that break down the dead bodies of all plants and animais into simple chemicals that can be assim- ilated again by other plants; third, the animals, minute creatures with- out backbones, that eat the plants and saprophytes, turning them into food for all the higher animals of the water. Important in Conservation In the conservation of our fisher- ies resoneCe•s the animal plancton is a very important element. Near- : ly every freshwater fish feeds on it while young and some of them eat it throughout their lives, The Food Chain The food chain is one method ot illustrating the value of plancton to the fisheries. The large mouth black bass, for instance, feeds on minnows to some extent. These :minnows eat insects and their lar- • vae, watenfleas, and some other plancton animals, or, if plant eaters, :they may feed directly on the plant ,plancton. The insect larvae and the animals of the plancton may eat the microscopic green plants or they may feed on the large water weeds. The food ohain is green plants, wa- terfleas, minnows and black bass. Aare, I have simplified it greatly, In nature, Aide chains and short cuts, (waterfleae directly to young III RADIO REPORTED111 By DAVE 120BBINS "RADIO THEATRE" RE -OPENS "The Radio Theatre" returns to the CBC -CBS network for another season of hour-long dramas with its presentation on Monday night, Sep- tember 9th, at 9:00 p.m. EDST. Si- multaneously with this announce- ment came word that Cecil B. De - Mille, famed producer -director of the drama series, has signed a new contract with the sponsors. Louis Silvers, musical director, also will resume his orchestral post with "The Radio Theatre." DeMille, cruising aboard his yacht, has already begun reading mounds of movie scripts in prepar- ation for the new season's "Curtain raising" broadcast. Policies which time have proved successful since the programme was first presented in July 1935, will be followed in general procedure during the next season. The most brilliant stars ot Hollywood's studios are to be feat. used in the production under direc- tion of DeMille. NOTES AND NEWS And here's a tip for car drivers" Better listen in on these quizzes heard from OKOC — 1120 on your dial — six tames a clay, for if you can get the right answer for any one ot them it means a tank full of gas. You may have noticed a bit of discussion of late 01 a plan (advanc- ed by interests with axes to grind) to have all Canadian radio news centralized and under the thumb of 0319 Or more individuals (something along the line of Germany, Italy and France). Fortunately the plan has been blitzkrieged. News as it Is (and it has some faults) will con- tinue. POP—Amazing Value T 1 -(NOW W1-1ERE YOU GANW GET A Ci-IICI,IGN DINNER FOR TWO BITS .� But better news the Canadian way, with its shortcomings, than anything resembling Government- sponsored news! -- Hard as it is to believe, the chap who plays the absent-ntinded, in- decisive Mr. Parker in Sunday ev- ening's "Parker family" dramas is the same chap who is dominating and forceful on Wednesday as "Mr. District Attorney." He's Jay Jestyn, whose versatile acting constantly amazes. Don Anieohe this week changed the name of his new-born fourth son from Michael Joseph to Law- rence Michael, Reason: Mrs. Am - eche likes the rhyming nicknames of her three older sons, wants to make the fourth conform. Older youngsters are called Donnie, Ron- nie, and Tommie. The baby will be known as Lonnie. ROUND THE DIAL Monday — With the Troops in England, via CBC at 8:00 ... Tom- my Dorsey's band on NBC -red at midnight,... Make Mine Music at CKOC at 11:30... Tuesday — Car- son Robinson and His Buckaroos from CKOC at 7:00 . . . Cats and Jammers in Swing on Mutual net- work at 8:30. . Canadian Snap- shots from CBL at ten ... Wednes- day -- Easy Aces, NBC, blue at 7 . Serenade for Strings from GBL at 9:30. , . Father Reilly, Radio drama, via CBC at ten . , . Friday — Superman, for the kids, Mutual chain at 6:45 ... Amos and Andy from Columbia at 7:00 . • . Don Am - eche show NBC -red network at ten . Woodhouse and Hawkins from the Canadian Chain at 11;30. base) complicate the food chain.. Disc"ssion of this food clialu brings out another interesting fact. Aver a period of time it takes a great many of the microscopic plants to feed one of the small wet- erfleas, Similarly, many waterfleas are heeded to nourish one minnow and it taken a great mauY ntittnowe to feed a bass for one season. eau see that avert' pound of base 10 produced at the expense of many pounds of the plancton plants. Is it any wonder that the best bass wale ere are those that grow the great.• est amount of plancton? 1 THIS CURIOUS WORLD er usoo>,°� ql 11 s T+fE S0400NEiP., "FANN(E C. WOLS- p ABANDONED IN 1891, STILL WAS AFLOAT r N IE39si;,' AND HAD DRIFTED OVEI:?.. 7;000 01,1/4.E' OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN j,- _.:.... ` • Z ij?:�.., rte:--. s•:-:''f.J '�` -�+ ... EVERY TON OF COqL,,.. WH , DISSIPATES INTO THE AIR. THE. EQUIVA- LENT OF ABOJ-1" 662. POUNDS O>✓ SUL.PAI /R/C AC/C9 COPR. inn BY NEA $ERVICE. t13 p >� 7tll�Ai ��+.�,� � `�IRRF-L..S SWIM ACROSS THE WIDEST' POINT OF LAKE C4AMPLAIN. r -s DERELICTS, ships abandoned at sea, form a constant hazard to water travel. Bvery year, dozens of these wanderers are destroyed, but their numbers do not seem to decrease. Unlike icebergs, which follow a more or less, charted course, abandoned ships are likely to appear anywhere on the ocean, NEXT: Why did early railroad locomotives carry stacks of baletii,'. stay? ti at 1 tat--_.�.,...... 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