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Zurich Herald, 1937-03-11, Page 6LESSON XI Jesus Praying For His Disciples - John 16:1.17;26 Printed Text John 16:5.7; 17:14.26 GOLDEN TEXT - "That they may be one, even as we are." -- John 17:22, THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Tiiue - The discourse and prayer in these two chapters were ail utter- ed on Thursday night of Passion Week, April 7th. A.D. 30. Place - Both Jesus' teaching and his intercessory prayer here record-. ed were uttered on the way to the Garden of Gethsemane, either in the city itself or in the valley between the city and the Mount of Olives, or in both. "But now 1 go unto him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whi- ther goest thou?" The isolated ques- tions of Peter and Thomas (13:36; 14:5) are not inconsistent with these words. Those questions were not ask- ed with a view to the Lord's glory; and much had been said since which might have moved the dsciples to a persistency of inquiry. But their thoughts were bent upon their own immediate loss and no one asked how this departure affected him; so com- pletely had their own sorrow absorb- ed them "But because 1 have spoken these things unto you, .sorrow hath filled your heart." Four times in John's Gospel does the word sorrow occur, all of them in this ,,hapten (see also vs. 20, 21, 22). Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is expedient for you that 1 go away for if 1 go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if 1 go, 1 will send ham unto you." The word here translated "expedient" is the same word used by Caiaphas, the high priest, in speaking about the necessity for one roan's dying for the People (John 11:50; 18:14) "The high line of politics," said Caiaphas, is that we get rid of him. The higher line of God's policy said Jesus is that 1 go. Thus all the folly and wickedness is at least resolved into the harmony of the divine • overnment and the divine authority "1've given them thy word." (See Deut. 18:18, 19 • Mal. 2:4, 6; John 7 16 5:24) "And the world hated them, be- cause they re -et o; the world, even as 1 am not of the world." The tenses are past, b the main reference as- suredly is prophetic; we infer Chat here, as so frequently in this prayer, the Lord is speaking as if the future, which lay germinating iu the present was the present already "I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldesi keep them Tom the evil one." Taht is only evil to us, which can hurt the ooul (Psalm 121:7) all the other things, which we may think evil, and call evil, shall work together for our good. The evil hat can hurt the soul shall never come night our dwelling. No evil, no hurt, no loss, no spiritual evil, can ever more prevail to injure the soul of auv child of God, whe:her it arise from the evil one, or from the hatred of the world, or from our own poor wretched, fallen nature, or from the iominion or the consegrences of sin "They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world." Though we were born in the world, and live by the substance of th world physically, are educateu in the world's schools, and tran.,act business in the world's markets, yet we are delive ed from the dominion of the ideals of the world atom. 12:2). We, by our faith, in Jesus Christ, have victor. over the evil temptation of the wo'•ld (1 John 5: ,1. • ti .Motifs them in the truth; they word is tru".i." The petition in verse 15 may be said to he a negative one. That in his verse is the positive side of the same idea. (Cf. 10:36). The word of God in his Son the diselo- ure to men of eternal truth; truth as, to his origin, position, destiny, the ti .r as to his relationship to God himself and his Son, Jesus Christ; as to his n ationship to brother men, his pia he: e, his hope for the future. ' As thou didst send me into the 'tvor.,1, even so sent 1 them into the world." God's one great concern for the world was that it should be saved; to achieve this tremendous purpose, he sent the Lord Jesus into the world. This same purpose in the heart of God remains today, end it is to this end that Christ sends us into the word, though of course our work in accomplishing God'e plan is not iden- tical with tee work that Christ did. • Ond fee thole sakes 1 sanctify my. sell', that thay themselves aleo may bo eatietifieti in truth." Christ made the truth menet in his own ince?•nate 1113. t:ud lee cheery over sin and over the world, earl his own holiness, are to he appropriated by us by the very Spirit oil Christ who lives within us. "Neither for these only do 1 pray, but icer thein also that believe on me through their word." The word of the diecipies here referred to their work and testimony to the Lord Jesus Ch.b;t, the witness which they gave to hie saving power. (See 4:30; Acts 1:8, 22). `"chat they may be all be ono; 'even as t.bou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also nay be In us; D-3 that the world may believe that thou didst send me. And the glory which thou hast given me, I have given unto them; that they may be one, even as wo are one, "I In them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected in one; that the world may know that thuo didst send me, and lovedst them even as thou lovedst me." No human brotherhood can exist apart from the common bond of the individuals to the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Christian unity should testify to its divine ori- gin. '"he unbelief of the world la not occasioned, is largely strengthened and hardened by the disunion of the Christians. The glory of the Son, gi- vein him by the Father, can be noth- ing else than the Father's love; that love which constitutes us sons in Christ. "Father, desire that they also w'iom thou hast given me be with me where I am, and they may behold the glory, which thou hast given me; for thou lovedst me before the founda- tion of the world. ' The will of Christ for his people includes two things, that 'hey should be -'ith him where he is (see 12:26; 14:3); •tad that they should behold his glory. "0 righteous Father, the world, knew thee not, leu` 1 k"e• thee; and these knew that thou didst send me." "And ' made known unto them thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith tlio'i lovedst me may be in them, and I in them." Ail of Christ's redemptive work, all of his teaching and intercessory work, everything undertaken in the marvel- ous, unfathomable divine program of having men terminates in the perfe'- tion of love. What could be conceiv- ed more glo,ious, more exalted, and more satisfying ever though we can- not fully comprehend it, th-n such a divine purpose for us as this -- that the love wit . which Goa loves his only begotten Son night be in us, transforming us, energizing us, abid- ing through the endless ages of eter- nity, from which nothir.'* will ever be able to eparatc us (atom, 8:38, 39) ? Movie Vit$ Radio Z. By VIRGINIA DALE ?w� It has always been difficult to get permission to visit studios in Holly- wood. Froin now on, popular come- dians like the Marx Brothers, Jack ?enny, and Burns and Allen hope to make it impossible. In fact, if there were any way that they could make pictures without having a flock of carpenters, electricians, property men, and extras around, they would be heartily in favor of adopting it. • Thieves on the set are the reason for all this uproar. It would be bad enough if the thieves merely lifted jewelry, or furs, but 'Mese thieves steal ideas whose worth cannot be estimated unless you can think in taggering 1 ig figures. When come- dians and their gag men have final- ly worked oat a funny situation and filmed it, two months niay elapse be- fore it is shown on the screen. But almost at once comedians elsewhere introduce their funny situation. Ob- viously, someone from the studio told thein about it -but who? -o- It is always gratifying to see a real trou nee win out over all odds. That is why every- one is rejoicing over Alice Faye's bit in "0n the Avenue." When Irving Berlin mov- ed into the Twen- tieth Century Fox studio with a knock- out musical score under his arm, the studio officials said, Alice Faye "We've got some- thing big 'here " So, they decided to build up a marvelous cast with players borrowed from other stu- trios. They get Dick Powell from Warner's and Madeleine Carroll from Walter. Wagner Productions for the leading roles. And then their own Alice Faye in a secondary role walked off with all honors that weren't taken by the crazy antics of their own Ritz Brothers. -0--- A long time ago Paramount bought a story called "Easy Money" for Carole Lombard, but she has been so busy on other pictures she never got around to make it. Mean- while the studio officials have been impressed byw the bounding popu- larity of Jean Arthur and decided she would do nicely in the leading role. Guard Inspection In an unguarge contest" and immeediatel sunk in gales of laughte iument,. the Miami Beach life guards decided to compete in a "beauty euame the prey of ba thing beauties, who a^ted as the judges. They were rom judges and spectators. Mona Leslie putstape on one of the heroes. Says Another War - Would Doone Europe BERLIN. --- Doom of Europe in event of another war was predicted in drainatib fashion by General Her- mann Wilhellb -Goering. Addr.essiiig ate: delegation of 51 "front fighters,"-•lZliallicol`I'or Hitler's chief deputy said: i'it "All front fighters who fought side by side and went through infer- no are comparable to ancient heroes. "Ia was the prime of the world's nations which fought in the last war and experienced its unspeakable hor- hors. "In another war, the flower of nations will have to fight, and. Europe will be destroyed if the best of all nations is wiped out. "A new war will exceed the last one in horror." WINNIPEG -Introduction in Win- nipeg innipeg hospitals in December of the eight-hour day for private duty nurses, and the departure of Win- nipeg and Brandon nurses to posi- tions in the United States, has les- sened the pressure of unemploy- ment among registered nurses, it was shown at the annual meeting of the Manitoba Association of Regis-, tered Nurses held here. As Townsend agegow Found Guilty of Contempt Dr. Francis E. Tovizi committee, pict-u-xed' w Washington, D.C., con j of Representat`-ixes. id (right! ,.ho f.%e ed VA on , se rthur Johnson, attorney, after jury in d him guilty of contempt of the House Conducted by. ',.ESS.OR HENRY G. BELL With the co-operate 'j o1 the Various Departments of the Ontair . „Agricultural College 1. Question: -`'I have a )tof wood ashes. Would it do to iitt on land now or would it leach t too touch? I intend to put it on}• °ege table and root crops. Also, o you tell me anything about Gyps " , or land plaster as it is common call- ed? My father years ago d to sow it on red clover and on t ;'tur- nips when nicely up. He 'd it kept the fly off. Does it hel .ege- table growth?, I 'used to pa it• on my cut potatoes to dry or ke, hem from bleeding as it were, si .'e, we had to cut them quite awhil` head when putting in 10 or 12 a 'es. 1 have not been able to get it t' a last,; few years." -T. C. F., Peel County. Answer: -I would not advise yea to put wood ashes on the land'at ,this time. Too touch available plantfood'• would leach out before growing time. Rather store the wood ashes so that neither rain nor snow can fall on it, and in the spring „put it on the plowed ground and work it in by discing and harrowing. 5i ou are quite right in putting this on vege- table and root crops since it is rela- tively high in potash. It contains about thirty per cent lime which will tend to keep your soil sweet, in re- action. Gypsum is sulphate of lime; while Limestone is carbonate of Bine. As you indicate, Gypsum usd to be used in large quantities. It !did not correct soil acidity, but it"'did".let loose the potash out of the soil. That is why the crops were improved in yield and quality where it was applied, tint its use is not to be reeonnnended since its adtion in lib- erating potash resembles very close:y the writing of cheques on 0 limited bank account. Gypsum does not put back any plantfood into the soil, hut it dries help let loose highly valuable potash. This is why it used to be considered valuable to dip cut po- tatoes in Gypsum. The potato crop is a lover of high potash fertilizer since potash is instrumental in form - the starch which fills the po- tato. tuber• • You would do better to put your money into fertilizer suitable for po- tatoes rather than put on Gypsum which depletes your soil of potash. 2. Question: -"I am seeking in- formation regarding the comparative values of the various farm manures such as poultry, sheep, swine, etc., 'as fertilizers. If you have available any information in respect to this, please send it to me as soon as pos- -sible. Also is it a fact that poultry manure is too strong to be used alone: I understand it can be used without harm by florists. I shall be very glad to receive this in- formation." - C. 0. H., Wenwoith County, Answer:-- Herewith we present a table of analysis figures for various manures concerning which you in- quire: Pr ANUltES . . Quantity, Composition ,lzud Value of Manure from Difterent Classes of Animals. Lbs. manure produced pet 1,000 lbs, live weight Lbs per ton, nitrogen .. Flies. acid horses dairy steers sheep swine poultry tiny per cows 35-45 70-80 40-50 30-40.40-50 80-40 ..11.8: 9.7 I.3.8 27.5 15.2 22.0 ' ...e.., 14.6 9.4 10,5 21L7 14.6 17.0 .I stash .6 11.2 Value per ton on basis of analysis ..-. 82.67 $2.00 $2.57 $5.16 $3.17 $4.16 Tons manure produced per year 1,000 lbs, live weight You will notice that these are 10 terms of pounds per ton of manure. Poultry manure is double as rich in nitrogen as horse manure, three times as rich in phosphoric acid and about the same in potash as is horse manure. 1f poultry manure were to be used alone on grain crops or 00 such crops as tomatoes, it would tend to grow too muchstraw or stalk, on 7.0 12,7 7.5 5.5 7.3 6.7 account of the nitrogen. It can be easily balanced by adding super- phosphate or better still, a phos- phate -potash fertilizer, such as 0-12- 10 or 0-12-15. Florists value poultry manure highly on account of its high ,nitrogen content. This is also true of sheep manure which florists and gardeners use extensively. You will notice that sheep manure is about twice a rich in potash as is poultry mature. Skimming Waters with Ail Sails Drawn r..,; .::; Let .ere a stiff ureas:., the Santana, o. ned by Wil.=ani L. Stewart, Jr., races to victory in the universal schooners. and ket^.hes class‘ of the 11th annual Mid -Winter .Regetta in Los Angeles Harbor: Rosoff Aide Charges that Police Beat Hum tax Friedman (left), ai.,e of Sam Rosoff, with his attorney. Sam Denson, aftre release from Hackensack, N. J., jail under bail as material witness in murder of labor leader R. Norman Redwood. A Winter Version of the Old Fishin' Hole Robert Webber, of Bangor, -re., proudly exhibits pickerel tai:en from frigid waters of Graham Lake, in Maine, through hole in the ices