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LESSON IX. MEASURING A MAN'iS WORTH. Mark 5:1-17 Gol4en Text â€" How much then is a man of more value than a sheep? • Matf. 12:12. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING. Time â€" .'\u'-umn, A.D. 28. Place. â€" Gtisa, located on the ea t- ern shore of the Sea of Galilee, op- posite the plain of Gennesaret; a wild country. 1. And they came to the other [ side of the sea, into the country of ' the Oerasenes. The piace is one which our Lord woulJ be likely to visit, having Ca- . pernaum in full view to the north, and Galileo "ov«.>r against it," as . Luke says it was. 2. And v.hen he was come out of , the boat, straightaway there met him. out of the tombs a man with an un- . clean spirit. The whole subject of demon-po:se.sion is admittedly diffi- . eult. Who these evil spirits were, we . do not know â€" whether they were fall- en angels, cr the spirits of some of the wicked dead, or other creatures, .cannot now be determined. 3. Who had his dwelling in the 'tombs. -These were natural or arti- ficial excavations in the rocks, fre- quently cut laterally in the hills and often left uncovered, which, like other caves, would be resorts for wild men and beasts. Amid all the 'boasted jivilization of antiquity there existed r.o hospitals, no penitentiaries, ' no asylums. Powerless to keitrain Him And no man could any more bind' • him, no, not with a chain. 4. Because • that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains ' had boe-ii rent asunder by him, and the fetters broken in piees: and no ' man had strength to tame him. All , «nr laws and prohibitions are to us what his chains were to this wild man of Gadarene. "Thou shalt not," says law to us. All that law seeks to do Ib to prevent the outbreak of these evil passions into the sinful act and deed. .\11 it does, in a word, is to behind the man. Nothing that man has been able to devise has been able to keep these wild passions of the human heart within bounds. 5. And always, night and day, in the tombs and in the moQntains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones. Sin is always a destruct- ive force in any man's life, and it especially is manifest in the terrible effects it has upon the human body. Conflict With Demon* 6. And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshipped him. Why is the man drawn as by a mag- net to Jesus? He actually ran to Je- gus. and prostrated himself in Orien- tal fashion before him. It looks in- deed as if the will and pow^er of Jesus drew the demoniac to his feet. The words of the demon accord with this involuntary approach to Jesus as the supreme master of the demon world whose will and A'ord the de- mons must obey. 7. And crying out with a loud voice, he saith, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not. 8. For he said unto him. Come forth, thou unclean spirit, out of the man. Always the spirits know who Jesus is, and in a malicious fashion yell out their mys- terious knowledge. So here the de- mon voice shouts, "Son of God the Highest." The demons are determ- ined to publish the deity of Jesus, as if to spite him, who wanted men to arrive at this knowledge by faith in his words and works. !>. And he asked, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion ; for we are many. Jesus, no doubt, asked this poor creature his name that he might bring him for the moment to the place where he was conscious of his own separate personality, and when his attention would be concentrated, not on the demons who possessed him, but upon his own self. 10. -And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. The person here speaking is one of the demons, not the demon-possessed man himself. "Out of the country," is explained bj{,,I.uke'3 "into the abyss." '11. Now there was there on the mountain side a great herd of swine feeding. 12. And they besought him, saying. Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. Why these demons shoidd ask to bo sent into the swine, we do not know, ;bough we have a revelation hero, a.-i .Archbishop Trench says, "of those iDysterious af- finities which evermore reveal them- selves between the demoniackl and the bestial." Into th* Swine 13. And he gave them leave. And the unclean spirits came out, and en- tered into the swine: and th« herd rushed down the steep into the sea, in number about two thousand; and they were drowned in the 9«a. It is nowi.ere said that the demons Aâ€" drove the swine down the steep place ii to the sea. It is just as easy, and much more natural, to suppose that against their will the swine, when they found themselves seized by this new and strange power, rushed them- selves m wild and panic feai- to their destruction. But in either case, whether they thus destroyed then-.- splves, or were impelled by the foul spirits, there reveals itself here the very essence and truest character of evil, which everywhere outwits and defeats itself. 14. And they that fed them fled, and told it in the city, »nd in the country. And they came to see what it was that had come to pass. 15. And they came to Jesus, and behold him that was possessed with demons sitting, clothed and in his right mmd, even him that had the legion: and they were afraid. 16. An 1 they that saw it declared unto them how it be- fell him that was possessed with de- mons, and concerning the swine. 17. And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders. The utter hardness of the hearts of these peo- ple, in, on the one hand, failing to give any expression of joy and grati- tude for deliverance of their fellow citizen and, on the other hand, in ask- ing JesJS to leave their country be- cause they were afraid that more pro- perty might be destroyed, even though it meant deliverance of human and eternal souls from the crushing power of evil, is only an indication of the utter perversity of human na- ture when the standards by which an act is judged are monetary and not humanistic. "They preferred the swine to the Saviour; they thought more of their material loss than of this man's moral gain. In seeking to save their possessions they are losing their souls. Our Own Ignoble Fear Men do not care to face the awful thought of a divine power among them. It disturbs the easy routine of customary life. We grow accustom- ed to our average, ordinary self, and we shrink from losing it. We are afraid to be transformed, afraid of the unknown consequences which might follow the claim of a person to the entire possession of our body, soul, and spirit, that he may do what he will with it. No, it is too urgent, too exacting, too disturbing; we be- seech it to depart from our borders. It is this ignoble fear, taking a refuge within the citadel of custom, that makes the church so stagnant, so void of power and influence in the world. For the world as a whole, milk is probably the main source of farming income. In the United Kingdom, states the Imperial Economic Com- mittee, its value exceeds that of any other farm commodity; in the L'nited States, and even in Canada in certain years, the value of the wheat crop is less than that of dairy production. When some fellows can uo longer afford to take their girls around and give them a good time, they marry them. Thirteen Were Killed Here When Ammunition Exploded This villa at Villejuif, in Paris, France, was ruined, an'i lo lives lost, when ammunition secreted in an alleged Cagoulard hideaway exploded during a raid on the cache. Interested Foursome at California Track Take Time Out To Eat Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, left, converses with Barbara Weeks as Cai'v Cranr. next to young Vanderbilt, and Howard Hawks scan the Rai;ing Form, during luncheon at Santa Anita track, Cal. SO THEY SAY: "Thinking men should realize that the world needs their help, rather than merely hopes in taking steps to avoid wars." â€" Thomas J. Watson. "Th« sooner we learn that the na- tional future must be builded on the normal enterprise of its people, the better for us and our children." â€" Glen Frank. "The question of the education given in the schools, always import- ant, has now become vital." â€" Lord Samuel. "Every one of us can be either the malady i>r tlic remedy of our ],w<- ent-day society." â€" Mme. Chiang Kai- shek. In California, it is not unusual to see as many as four kinds of fruit growing on the same tree as a result of budding. Your Handwriting Tells The Truth About Your Character! By LAWRENCE HIBBERT (Psychologist, Character-Analyst and Lecturer) (Ed. Note: This is the second of a fascinating series of articles by this wall-known writer). No matter how well you think you know yourself; even if you feel there is not a single possibility within you that you have not already plumbed; you will find yourself benefitted by finding out what your handwriting tells about yourself. Some time a,u.o, a uian wrote to me. in part, as follows: "Frankly, I am a sceptic. I know myself so well that I re- fuse to believe you can tell me a single thing about myself that will be news to me. .Anyway, even if you do, I won't believe you! Now do your worst!" Hardly an encouraging invitation! However, I analyzed his writing, which indicated that he was so self- centred that he had little thought for anyone but himself. After telling him this, among other things I said: "The cold truth is that you have an inferiority comple.x, and instead of facing it and overcoming it. you are building a fence around yourself by feeding your inner ego." 1 urged him to pull up the blinds that kept the light from his mind. Shortly afterwards, he replied: "Thank you for giving me the big- gest laugh I've ever had. It's a very rueful laugh, though, for it is on myself. You were right and 1 was wrong. Seriously, your advice was just the tonic 1 iie-dod . . .. Yo.i *ave not only placed your finger un- erringly on my weakness, but you have painstakingly outlined the rem- edy." To know our faults is half the bat- tle of overconiin!» them. To realise the talent and potentialities that lie dormant within us is a god start to- wards building them up and .capital- ising on them. Other people often know more about us than we dc ourselves. The difficulty is to find onlookers who are really unbiassed and sincere in their opinions of us. This is where a handwriting analy- sis comes in usefully. Your charac- ter is etched clenriy in your hand- writing. Not alone the obvious traits, that stand out like beacon tlaies, but the qualities and tendencies that aie la- tent; only partially developed â€" rich in promise, like a newly-discovered sold vein, but requiring to be devel- oped and utili.sed. .\ character analysis will unearth the ore that is lyinp: submerged within you. The author o( the above interest- ing article can tell your character from yovr handwriting. Perhaps, loo, yo-a are csgrr to learn the truth about your frict-.ds? Send specimens of the writing you v/isb to be anal- ysed, ind cnclcsj 10c for each spe- cimen (coin cr noital note prafered). Enclose wiiS ct.ip.-veJ addre:;jed cn- vclore lo: l.av.rcace Hibbcrt, Room 421, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto, Cnt. RspUes will be mailed as quick- ly as possible. Farm Problems Conducted by PROFESSOR HENRY C. BELL with tba co-operation of the various departments of Ontario Agricultural Collage ^^ y.--"\Viuit do you :nlvis" t') tot the best value from barnyard manure which Is taken to the field during the winter months â€" every it possible, spreading on the ground, putting lu small piles, or in a large pile?" â€" L.F.B.. Well. Co. A. â€" There is bound to be loss from manure, no matter how it Is handled. .\s the ammonia goes oft from the manure, nitrogen is escaping all the while. When brown streams of liquid run away from the pile, a very large amount of soluble nltrogon and potash is being lost. When manure is taken to the field during the winter. If the surface of the field is not too hilly, and if the soil is well supplied witli plant fibre or organic matter, very lit- tle of this valuable plant food will be lost, since the soil will catch it aud hold it. However, placing tlie manure in small piles means that a larger quan- tity of it is being exposed to drying and oxidation or slo-* burning than would be the case If it were kept fair- ly compact in one large pile. To the degree that the maourp dries out and oxidizes, ".here is loss of organic mat ter. This, of course, ocrurs la a large pile if the pile is not fairly well tramped down. Whenever stray ma- nur«^ fire-fangs, there Is loss of organic matter and ammonia or nitrogen. Summary of Ideas regarding the best handling of manure is that there is least loss In a large pile, provided it is kept well tramped down. Q.â€" "The writer would like the fol- lowing information: (1) Suitable kinds of fertilizers for limestone soils. {'-) Formula for sour soil. I.e.. prop- er crops that will build this type "of soil u|). Is a hay crop reeonunendtd? (S> Is there such a thing as land lying .so long without legume and grass crops that it will not grow ihem. and if so. ht'w and by what method would one follow to get a catch of al- falfa for example?"â€" CM., N. Simcoe Co. A. â€" (1> .\s a rule fertilizers of a neutral or slightly alkaline reaction will be most suitable for use on lime- stone soils. Thi.«i would include fer- tilizers which obtain most of their nitroge:i from Sulphate of Ammonia (which is acid in reaction). The Idea is not lo change the soil to acid re- action, but if lime predominates too much in the soil, there is danger that phosphates which otherwise would be available would bj locked up in the "riinlcic or uiir.v;:ilable form. (2) On soils that are sour or acid la reaction, tha range of crops that can successfully be grown is not as large as that tor neutral or alkaline soils. .\ list for slightly sour soils would in- clude: Soy beans, Oats, .Msike, Clo- ver. Hairy Vetch, Millet, Buckwheat, Rye. Red Top Grass. Bent Grasses. Crops 'hat will do fairly well on fairly acid soils are: Potatoes. Toma- toes. Cane Fruits such as Raspberries, Strawberries, Pranberries. (3» There is such a thing as land being devoid ot the correct bacteria to make the growing of certain legumes successful, therefore, our De- partment of Bacteriology is sending out cultures for alfalfa seed, red clo- ver, soy beans, and the like. This of course is not pfantfood. It is simply a culturo carrying the bacteria which are found growing on the roots of the legume crops si)ecified. The seed is treated according to specifications, and iho growing of the legumes is therefore greatly helped. Then. too. some soils are so acid that they are not in suitable shape lor the Krowing of legumes. Of course the method of correction here is the application of limeâ€" ^ tou to 1 ton per acre of ground limestone. In third place, some of the lighter soils are very low in available potash. Legume crops use a fair amount of potassium, ^ence for best success, it is desirable to. fertilize with such a fertilizer as 0-1210 or 0-IM5, at the rate of two or three bags per acre in order to put the soil in best shape for the production of the legume crop, Q. â€" Is this Cyanatuid niothod of controlling such annual weeds as Wild Mustard iu grain crops a uew one?" -R.T.. Grey Co. A.â€" No. This method has btvn in use for niany years in Germany. Bel- gium. Franc.j and England wlieie large quantities of the material are used annually for the purpose. Q.- ' What Is the effect on the grain of the cyanamid application for control of Wild Mustard?"- G. McL.. Essex Co. A. The tips of the grain are tem- porarily brownâ€" taking a week or ten days to recover their normal colour. Yield data shows that an Increase can be expected due to the nitrogen con- tent of the cyanamid which is 22 per cent, nitrogen and 70 per cent, hydral- ed limei. By VIRGINIA DALC ^ Claudette Colbert who rushed oft to Europe for a long vacation the day she finished Paramount's "Bluebeard'i Eighth Wife", revealed aom-> pet ecoi^ omies of her star friends just befora she left. She is e.xiravagant about clothea, but her French thrift makes her cling to her old shoes. Gary Cooper rolU his own cigarettes. Predrlc March al- ways buys two packs of cigarettes at a time because they're a ponny oheap- Claudette Colbert !;r th.u way. Fred JIacMurray saves razor blades to be resharpened. Mar- tha Rave wears sturdy, service-weight stockings except on gala occasions. Most thrifty of all is Marlene Dlet- ric'i. She Is a string saver. Her maid is always wrapping up packages for her to take to the studio and th« string comes la handy. • * • Al Pearce celebrated the beginning •f his second year with his present radio sponsor and his eleventh year on the air in his own peculiar fash- ion. He gave his orchestra leader a rubber baton so there would be no 3tif£n< ss lu his rhythms and presented himself with the most enormous newi camera you ever saw. • * • Wh'ii Fred Astalre returned from vaiation to the R, K. 0. studio recent- ly to start work on his next plctur* with Ginger Rogers, he found th« amusement park set of "Damsel In Distress" still standing. Kindly guy that he is. he arranged to buy all th« slides and games and sent them to an orphans' home. • • * Er;ul Flyuu did not even stop to hear congratulations on his grand pe«fortnan''e in "Robin Hood." Th« minute the preview was over and h« was t'.Md that no retakes were neces- sary, he hopped a plane to Boston wiiero he bought a seventy-flve foot boat la ketch it you will be technical about it) In which he sailed oft to tha Bahamas for some fishing. • • • Hollywood players are trying to fig- ure out some unusual hobby or sao- rei ambition because the current radio craze is to present a film star doing something quite different from their work on the screen. Cecil De Mllla ;-tartcd it by having Jack Benny, OUvia do BavUand B\.rii.i and Alien, and Bob Burns play serious dramatic roles on the air. Paul Wbiteman followed that up by pro- sent ing Helen Vinson as a concert pianist. Bing Crosby lets Fay Wray blow tunes on a sweet potato and Olivia de Haviland plays chopsticks. • • • OHDS AND ENDSâ€" Kate Smith has received an autographed copy of Elea- nor Roosevelt's newest book from th« Presidents wife herself . . . Louisa Ka/enda rounds out her twentieth year of motion-picturo making with "Swing Your Lady " and just for fun she Is • dashing around the country, slipping into Iheatrofl from New York to Texaa and listening to audience comments . . . The cook book which radio's mys- tery cht^f sends to listeners has been requested by th« wives of 21 United States senators, the widows of two Presidents and stewards of the roy.al h uselioll in England., Edward O. Robinson is so pleased t).''> his suc- cess on the radio that he is much more thrilled v.-hon fans call him • Steve W!l.;o:i" titan he is when they hr.il him as "Little Caesar" or any of his other gangster roles . . . The pic- ture Robert Taylor made In England was previewed in n little California town and people who were there re- port that It will m.ako him the cut- stacdiag favorite of the screen.