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Sunday School Lesson February 10. Lecton VI â€" Repentance : nd Faithâ€" Acts 2: 32-39; Luke 15: 1 1 24. Golden Text â€" Repent ye, and. believe the go»pel. â€" Mark 1: 16. ANALYSIS. I. I'KNTJXOST AND REPENTANt K. .\(U 2: .r2-3i>. II ItEPKNTANCK AND TlIK l».Tl UN T(i TJIE FATIIKR, I.ukc 15: 11-21. INTKOKCCTION â€" There arc : tv.o Words t>> express the idea nf ropcnl- anco in the New Testament. (>iu' nipiins the i-hunK>»); of tl"' mind, while the other expres.'ios the thoUKl-t ot turninK to God. Je.sus lx>)^an his public ministry by preaching the nec- essity of repentance, and he :iddod as ar. urgent, thnt the kingdom of hor.- ven wa.s at hanil. The two i)assaKes which form our l/csson are luken from the v.ork.s of Luke, and .show how the ajHK-lle Peter prenc)ios that np'.'ntance is the condition of recciv- inK the po-ipel. Luke is the cvanReli.st of the grace of (lod. I. PKNTKCOST .VNIi KKPENTANCK, .'t<(.< 2: 32-39 V. 32. This ."-ermon on Pentecost i.s the earliest example in .-Xcts of the preaching by the apostles. Peter na- tu.jiUy takes the place ol i; adcr.ship, and declares- that hi.>< chief work is to iK'ar witness of the liing.s which he h;;<i .seen, esjxcially <>f the revolution- aiy fact of the Re.surn.ctwn. Thi.s risen Christ 1 econios the theme of all their discussion. V. ;).'{. This defcent of the Si)irit is the direct result of Christ's exalta- tion to the right hand of Ciod, since it was one of the definite p.oniises of Jesus that ho would send thoni th'.- Conif<»rter. V. .'54. David in this verse stands for the psalms, :.nd Peter xufps a ver.-.-e â- which Jesus had u.scd very efTectually before the .scribe.s. .Se-_ Matt. 22:41-4(5. V. ,"C. The effect of the rernioii is in:»*!ntaneour. Thosy «ii:i listened were convinced th:it th's outpouring of Pentecost vac the direct presence «f (Jod, and thev were fdled with that sen.se of awe and self-<.'oncenin- 'ion, which always arises when tho : nfui heart realizes the i.ear-iesti of the lioly God. V. W. Peter now tel'.s them wi.,.l to d<i. They must first of all :-epont md turn away f,cni their unbelief. Then they must receive bapti'-ni as a sign that they have been washed from their sin, and the result will be that they will then rc-ceive an o_Lpouring of thi.- same spirit, whose wonderful working they have just ^x>en. V. 39. II. is is the only way that 1« ads them back to dGod, and it is a way open to aL who are willing to enter. II KKPLNT.V.NCK .\NI> TJIK liCTlltX To TlIK 1 ATiiEK, Luke 15: ll-'.i!. V. 11. This fani)us parable is con- tained only in i.uko, where it is con- nected with two others, whiih arise out of the same situation. The first verse tells us of the conditions under which thise parable-- were s|>okeii. This is a parable of the grace of Co Bhown to sinners. The fir.st two par- ables .set for the divine side of sal- vation ill this wonderful love oT the Father. This parable Caches that u change of mind and temper must take place ere this grace can be accepted. The parable consists < f two parts: (1) the younger brother, 11-24, who is chosen as an illustration of the publi- cans and sinner.s; (2) the older bro- ther, 2.">-:i2. who recalls the Pharisees. \ 12. It was not an uncommon thing for a man who was gelling obi to divide up his posessions and dis- tribute them amont his family, on the understanding that he would be sup- ported while he lived. The younger Bon|s portion would be one-third. y. 13. Tlie v, rse points out the un- fleenily ha.-t<' of -the boy to ge"^ away from the fathei's pres'ence, the dis- tance which hi- places between him.self and his former home, and the abandon with which he uives himself to the life of sinful induliience. V. 14. liut all the time Go<l is work- ing- for his conversion. lie u.ses dif- ferent means to brinir him to a knowl- ed^'e of the truth. The fami. e comes ju^l at a time when his own siijipli<.s run out. and the sad youth In-'gins to feel^ the jjir.ch of hunger. V. 15. lie realizes that hi.t life of pleasure has not brought him any- thing. His money is gone, he has no friend to help him. None of jis old companions is willing to lend him a neliiing hand. V. Ki. Kven the in atiest food is de- nied him. y. 17. nt this is the divine way of bringing him to the truth. Want and ne<-essity awaken his old memories. y> hat worldly pleasur.- could nu( d... th call of hunger Aoen. HU mind g<x's back to the homo which he had left; and it in a K'^^'-t thlnic tor hint that the memory of the past ii iio full ot nleasant a8si>ciatlonii. V. ]jt. His conBcience boKins to awaken. He (H-es how he has neglect- ed the love and caro of that home and of his father, lie recogni'/.cH that 'this neglect of the father's love is I really a sin against Ood, and that he has no further claim upon the gixtd- ness and love of the home. Yet the conviction remains in his mind that he should now return and seek to net I things right. ' v. 20. The definite decision is made. I Repentance is the actual turning of I the mind, and he now turn; his face i homewards, determined that he will 'make no excuse, but simply appeal to the goo<lne*s of the father. This lead.-* us now to the picture here presenttnl of the great mercy and foi-give;;ess ef the father. He is represented as one who has long be«'n waiting for the son's return; and without wailing to get any confession, or without know- ing why the .son has refuined, he runs Outto welcome the boy back. I v. 21. The reciuest to be made a servant is never made. The unexpect- ed welcome which the boy receives makes it imjMvssible to make such a j request. I V. 22. The father heaps honors on I him. The best robe in th<' house is given and the signet ring, the mark of I authority, and shoes which were worn !by those who were free. ' V. 2,'!. The best feast the house can provide is prepared. ' \'. 21. All because the .s<m is back again. We may thus say that the ])arablc of the i)rodigal son is also a parable of prodigal love. This par- able illustrates the trutli that i' is the goodness of Gixl that lead us to re- .pentnnce. A N«w Method of Transportation NEW SPIRAL TRACTOR It ensures delivery of the mail despite the dcptli of snow on the liftcfn 'rnii-l.ee, Calif., solvin/; a proli'.Mii. miles lietween I.ake Tahoe and Kitchen Garden Needs Flowers As Beauty Aid Vegetables Interplanted With Bright Blossoming An- nuals Make Cheerftil Picture On extremely llinilod .spaci> U often is desir.'ibb'- if not oven necessary to grow vcRi'tables some ot V.'.Q family s favorite ,, M., < 1 line, es. 'iliese, howcvor. can be, „ , , . , , . , , ,, Sudi resii s Iwi Kiiiall grass plot in the open center. Jhe tluiest bit of a lawn, kept la perfect condition, will thus resemble a stretch of green velvet, sliowinK off to advantage the flowers planted in- tensively for succession of lilooni. Hero again the tallest plantsâ€" holly- hocks, delpliiiiiiim, etc.- with the flow- ering Bliriibs like lilac, spiraea, Van |Houtte and forsytliia were lined up at the back, while. such early dwarf l)ean- ties, such as snowdroiis, scillas andi crocuses, were sot in small dumps only a few ine'.:es back from the grass I Nucli resiilis however, are achieved only l)y tlie most careful planning and study of ihe various catalogues and I so selected, so planted and .so well j cared for as to lualto a real i)icturc I Tills means that lliey be so arranged |„.. ,,,-,., , , ,. , ,, , ... garden bookn. Ihev never come from as to disiilay the owners artistic np- , „.. , i •. â-  i , .. ,, , ,1 careless hit-and-Tiii.ss planting. Kach plant, tree and shrub new to the gar- dener should be looked up in Home authority to be sure it Is properly placed as to soil and light conditions, else it cannot be expected to grow. Once the roqiiireinenls and habits of each I;as been learned it is possible to keep iiractically all of the ground srace beautiful the season through. Karly bulbs are later planted on top or doso at one side by sliallow-rooted annuals foilsummer lloweriiig .and the â- 'Wlieii poise is not iireserved it le- siills in a jam." â€" .;. . . Public Opinions and Policy hardly likely that any Canadian (iov- ernmeiit would meet a policy ot ag- gression Willi a policy ot aggression. 15ut some (Uuiadian Government will bo compelled by the force of an aroused public opinion to adopt a policy of protection. The aggressive policy of the United Stales in assert- ing almost complete dominion in the air over this continent has aroused resentment In the I'rovince of (Jneliec. foi- llie Cioveriimeiit of that I'rovince has announced that it will refuse to recognize the validity of that domin- ion. The Uii"l>ec (iovenimeiit is goiiiK to establish a iirovincial broadcast Iiik systi>m, using the wave leui;lhs most suitable for its purpose. riiblie opinion in the Province of gmbec die- tales the policies of the KiiiK Covirii- meiit. Tariff and Agriculture ' \'aii('oiiV(i- I'rovince (Ind. ('(Uis.i; Tlieie is nion' than a little reason to diiiibl whetlii I- agriculture can be helped by tariff changes. Agriculture In the I'liited States, like agriculture In Canada, sells In the world market and buys in a protected market. The only tariff chanRi^s that will help it tlieii, it may be conlemb^d wKli some, force, are changes which will allow it (o buy its instrumeiils of priiduclion more cheaply â€" that i.s, a downward re- vision of certain schedules dealing with manufactured articles. Iliit this Is not at all what Air. Mrmver had in mind wlien-lii' iiiadi' his pre clociinn speeili. Character Is what you are; repiita- I preciation of form and color of the dif- j I'M-eiit i>!aiits ill relation to (acb other,! as well as by tlieiiiselves. • I (larden plaiiiiiiig can niosl prolilably; lie done at this lime, w1:imi long even- 1 iiigs indoor permit leisure to'' draw- j plans, decide oa material to fill beds and borders, and order the seed, so llial it is on liaud, ready to start in- 1 doors when ni-eded. Kitchen Garden Is Picturesque 1 One of the most attractive vegetable gardens I ever saw was laid around ' hite-liloomint; chrysantliemiims should the three si<les of a low garage, and be scattered with discrimination to dispUied real daiilscape appreciation. ' carry on to black frost. The tall vegetables, like corn and pole | But the real start lias to be made beans, were planted at the back, willi early in the year to allow iiuloor plant- tlie medium lielghi in tl'e middle, and big of seed and ordering of early then the (|Uil<' low ut tlie front toward slock. the biiildiiiK. I •> - Flowers, however, liad been clioseii I to fit into the scheme, ami liordereil ' the very lowest vegetables in a most altra<-live way. For example, tlie outer line of corn, which ran parallel with the back street, would need to have a good facing of cosmos, which In early and late varieties would bloom from July to frost. Flowers In-^ersperse Legumes This garden, by the way, took iiii most of a small block ou a private road of a restricted resident ial sec- tion. Tlie inner line of the vegetable plols - closest to the garage -was of the lowest vegutablos, with an edg- ing of sut b ilwarf annuals as lobelia, camlyliift, dwarf mari.irolds, sweet alyssiim and dwarf naslurtiiiins. .\longj the fence line, toward the bouse -1 .-wj,,, ,iie Idii.l assistaiu-e of ,\Ir. from which it was separated by a nar- [ y„.^i.,. .,„(, ,1,^, t;i,.affo Inothers, Mr. row road tlie garden was bordered , m„,^. estahllslies a new JuiikIp pole- by hardy phlox, hardy asters and the vault record!" taller (lowei-s usually found in an ear-i . .j, ly autuinu perennial bed, while near- er the approach to the garage eii- traiici." were numerous varieties oC ro.ses. Tlllij iiiteiplaiitilig of vegetables and llowers served the double piirjiose of providing the most delicious of fresh food as Well as the loveliest of cut flowers for tlwi house. l lion i.s' what the neighbor.- a cockiMl hat. knock into Landscape is Undisturbed The splendid landstaplng whieli at- tracted So iiuuh altoiuloa about the dwelling thus did not havn to be dis- turbed, and til,, clndcest iierennials lilies, Kladiolas and dahlias once cut cannot be replaced Iiy new grow tlis I ,|ji as Is the case with most of the an- nuals. A small town backyard, on Ihe other hand, can tie made a spot of beauty by marliliiK off a border from four to six feet wide around the fence side and iii;ikiii)r an irregular oii^liiio around Fear Fear is an enemy -a more powerful enemy and more far-reaching than anything that could happen to us. Ikin't fear anything." says some anonymous pliilosoiihcr. "Kemeinbcr. there is no devil Imt I-'ear. Let Eear and Hatred go out of your life, and put In their pla(-e Courage and I.iOve. There is no tragedy like that of try- ing to "get snuare' with somebody. Forg<'l all real or fancied wrongs. ForKet everything that has pained or angered or worried you in the past. Smile over II all and start anew to- Doubts Our doubts are traitors, make us lose the good we might win, Ily fearing to attempt. - -Shaki'sp.' And Viewing England If one wanted to show a foreigner England, perhaps the wisest course could be to take Uim to the final sec- tion of the Purbeck HlUn. and stand liim oil tlieir .summit, a few miles to the oast of Corfe. Then systein after system of our island would roll to- gether luider his feet. Beneath htm is "the valley ot the Frorae, and all Uie wild lands that come tossing down from Dorchester, black and gold, to mirror their gorse in the expanses of Poole. The valley of the Stour Is be- yond, unaccountable stream, dirty at Blandtord. pure at Wimborne the Stour, sliding out of fat fields, to mar- ry the -'Vvon beneath the tower ot Christ Church. The valley of the Avon -invisible, but far to the north the trained eye may see Clearbury King that guards it, and Ihe imagina- tion may leap beyond that on to Salis- bury Plain itself, and beyond the Plain to all the glorious downs of Central England. Nor is Suburbia abseut. liournemoutlis ignoble coast cowers to the right, heralding the pine-trees thai mean, for all tlioir beauty, red houses, and the Stock lOxchange, and extend to the gates of lyondon itself. So treiuoiidous is the City's trail: But tlie cliffs of Freshwater it shall never touch, and the island will guard the Island's purity till the end of time. Seen from the west, the Wight is beautiful beyond all laws ot beauty. It is as if u fragment of England float- ed forward to greet the foreigner - cl.alk of our chalk, turf of our turf, epitome ot what will follow. And behind the fragment lies Southamp- lon, hostess to the nations, and Porls- moiitli, a latent tire, and all around it with double and treble collision of tides swirls tlie sea. How many vil- lages appear in this view! How many castles: How many churches, vanish- ed or triuinphant: How many ships. railways, and roads; What incredil)le variety of men working beneath t';at lucent sky to what liiial ondl The reason falls, like a wave on the Swan- age beach; the imagiuat,ion swells, spreads, and deepens, until it becomes );eorg;raphic and emirdes England. - K. .M. Korster in "Howard's Kml." Conversation Talking is one of tlie line arts - the noblest, most important, and the most diflicult -and its tluent harmonies may bo spoiled by the intrusion of a single harsh note. Therefore, conversation which is suggestive rather than argu- mentative, which lets out most of each talker's results of thought. Is com ' monly the ideasantesl and most prof- itable. It is not ea y, at the best, for two persiuis talkiug together to make the most of each othor'.^ thoughts, there are so many of them.- The Auloci-at. Misfortune Many a young fellow w-Uo is wasting his life and speiiiUim his time in lazi- ness and tooli.shness needs only tho prod of misfortune to make a hustler of him. Tliere is n<i (luestion that too much prosperity is dangerous and that there are many compensations iu an occasional setbai-k. | • * I I did llnd that the English arc j more euinlioiial tlian thp .\mericans' In tho evangelistic meetings. â€" Aiiue ; Seiiiple Mii'lii'isou. • I ^.^. . - -^ ; »^: Looking Ahead Lord Birkenhead Sees Won- ders of World 100 Years from Now A 48-bour day, laboratory babiM, synthetic foo<lstuffa, a l.r>0-year ag« limit for human beings and two-hour work dayn, are among th« predictions made i>y Ix)rd Birkenhead, Uritish iitatesman, in an article on '"What the World will be 100 Years from Now" in the February (^snwpolilan maga- zine. The 4S-hour day would be accom- plished, according to I-'Td Birkenhead, "by utilizing tidal energy to diminish th© speed of the earth's rotation." In discunslngr the laboratory baby, liord Birkenhead writes; "Tho results of much research show that the connection between a mother and her grmy'tng child is purely chem-: ical ; there is no valid rca.son why one day blologist.s should not be able per- fectly to imitate that chemical con- nection in the laboratory." Human beings will be able to live loO year.?, he writes, l)ecause by 2029 bioloffistt will have learned the secrets of tho living chemistry of the human bodyâ€" or ut least enough of it tc achieve startling results. "Rejuvenation will be an ordinary and well recognized matter of a few Injections 'at appropriate intervals," he says. EXQUISITE LINES An exquisite daytime dress, ex- tremely wearable, with long-waistcd bodice shirred through centre-front. that contributes an air of formality. The fulness in two-piece circular skirt i.-; place<l low by long-waisted bodice, affecting a snug hip yoke. Belt shows new higher waistline. 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