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^ VI. -A | ^BWiiwüiigfe Rv$y ... : • - - »®Ü iiiiii mmm wmmë Hllll l BBreaS5»8B ,•.■ ■ ■ ■;■ -Lcix-:-:--- Xéb-w-vo. ■ V V ; W rtiff; SwfiS-: x ■ : crews which . lesson km Mesages from Genesis <-- Jolin 1:1-51 Luke 17:56-32; Galatians 3:6-8; HÎ- Ërews. Ii;i-12i ! à l^eter llÿlQ, Printed Text - Hebrews 11:3-10, 17-32 Golden Text: -- "These all died In faith, not haying rèceivêd t$e pro- mises, but haVmg seen them and greeted tfilm from afar, and haying confessed that they were strangers arid pilgrims on the earth. -- tiëb- rews 1 j : 13. THE LESION IN ITS SETTING Time -- John wrote his Prologue about 90 A.D. The teaching of Jésus recorded in Luke 17 was given in the Winter Of, A.D. 30. Paul wrote the Ep- istio to the Galatians about A. D. 57. The date of the Epistle to the Hebrews Hebrews may be placed about A.D. 65-A.D 68. Place -- There are so many different different places ■ recorded in various passages passages that it would only be confusing to enmiit-niiu them, except to say that most of the examples of faith given in Hebrews are from events which took place in Palestine, in which country also Jesus taugh, Paul wrote his Epistle to the Galatians while at Corinth. We do not know with certainty certainty wherë the Epistle to the Hebrews Hebrews was written. "By: faith we understand that the world's have been framed by the word of God, so that what Is seen hath not been made out of things which do appear." appear." There are fifteen special instances instances of the work of faith in this chapter, in addition to the general enumeration beginning at verse 32. Here in the third verse we have the first specific instance, namely, that it is by faith in God's revelation to us how creation took place that we believe believe that the world was framed by the word of God, i.e., by God speaking, and that the visible world was not made from things that already in existence. existence. "By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts •-- and through it he being dead yet speaketh." The offering of Abel is recorded recorded in Gen. 4:4-5, where we read that it i, as accepted by God, who, at the same time, refused the offering of Abel's brother, Cain. The offering of Abel was a slain lamb, while the offering of Cain was some product of the ground. It would seem that God had told these brothers that an animal animal sacrifice was necessary when making an offering for the atonement of sin, and Abel, by faith in what God had said, and carrying out God's command, showed himSelf to be a true man of faith. "By faith Enoch was translated so that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated translated him ; for he hath had w itness borne to him that before his translation translation he had been well-pleasing unto God." The reference here is to Gen. 5:24. Enoch pleased God because he had faith in God, and, God, in turn, delivered . him from death, and took him to glory because of his faith. This does not mean that all people who have faith should expect to be translated translated as was Enoch. Hovever, it is clear from the New Testament Scriptures, Scriptures, that all who believe -in the Lord Jesus Christ, when Christ returns to his church, will not die, but will be caught up to be with the Lord, undergoing undergoing a change but not suffering the death (1 Tliess. 4 ; 17). "And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him, for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarded of them that seek after him." To question question God's justice is to show a lack of faith, and this is sometimes a hard point with Christians who have endured endured must suffering or great losses. We must throw ourselves completely , on the love of God and believe that he does 'all things well. "By faith, Noah, being warned of God, concerning tilings not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared igl ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and. became heir of the righteousness righteousness which is according to faith." Here again we note that faith on the j)Srt of Noah was not only a conviction conviction of the truthfulness of the warning warning of God, but actually acting in the light of that, warning -- God warned . hwn that judgement was coming, and tjiat only an ark would ever preserve hjfip during the flood; Noah believed that warning and prepared the ark. "By faith Abraham, when he was filled, obeyed to go out unto a place Jm|ch he was to receive for an inheri- Mgo; and ho went out, not knowing Ter he went." God's call to Abra- 5gm is recorded in Gen. 12:1-3. Abra- §§am had no idea of the nature or the location of that land to which God .$» calling him. He knew that God B--3 çaÏÏSâ him to go, and that God had promised to giro him an inheritance, ||w !io simply followed the leading of dod until he came to that place that "uM then told him was to be a perpetual perpetual possession for his descendants. "By faith he became a séjourner." The word sojourner means "one who lives in a place without the right ,of citizenship," and, consequently, "one who lives on earth as a stranger." The idea is perfectly expressed in 1 Peter 2:11, and also in 'Phil. 3:20 -- "otir citizenship is in heaven." "In the land of promise." Of course this refers refers to Canaan, which is called the Land of Promise, Simply because God promised it to Abraham and his descendants,, descendants,, as wé read continually in the book of Genesis. "As in a land not. his own." Abraham never actually did come to possess the Land of Promise. It belonged to the Canaanites when God promised it to Abraham, and, during during his life and the livds of Isaac and Jacob, the land, except that particular portion in which their families lived, never was their own. "Dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise." This trait of dwelling in tents, pitched today today in one place and tomorrow in another, another, indicates the temporary, unsettled unsettled nature of Abraham's abode In Canaan, which his immediate descendants, descendants, Isaac and Jacob shared. "For he looked for the city which hath no foundations." This city, of course, was not an earthly city, no matter how great or glorious it might he, but a heavenly city, "the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem" Jerusalem" (Heb. 1.2:22), which is so continuously continuously referred to by the apostle John ip the last two chapters of the book of Revelation. "Whose builder and maker is God*" Literally this might read "of which architect and master builder is God." "By faith, Abraham, being tried, offered offered up Issac; yea, he that had gladly gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten son. "Even he: to whom it was said, in Isaac shall thy seed be called. "Accounting that God is able to raise up, even from the dead; from whence he did also in a figure receive him back." The reference reference here is to the events described in Gen. 22.1-14. There is one marvellous marvellous statement here which is not even found in the records of Genesis, namely, namely, that Abraham believed when he was about to offer Issac, that God would actually raise Issac up from the dead, and that not in some long-distant long-distant future, but, then, so that the promises promises of God concerning the seed of Abraham would be kept. Abraham also knew that God's world would be kept, and he knew that, if Issac died, the only thing that could happen so that God could keep his promises ' would be that God would bring his dead son back out of death again. "By faith Issac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come. The reference here is to Gen. 27:28-29 and 39 and 40, The^e promises to his two sons concerned the future in which he had absolute confidence because because of his faith in God's revelation. "By faith, Jacob, when he was dying, dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph; Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff." The reference here is to the remarkable dying prophecies prophecies of Jacob, which he uttered after he went down into Egypt, recorded recorded in Genesis 49. When it says he Worshipped leaning upon the top of his staff, it simply means that he was too feeble to rise and kneel, or stand, and that he bowed his head in an attitude attitude of prayer while resting his hands, probably i n the top of Ms staff while reclining on his couch. "By faith, Joseph, when his end was nigh, made mention of the departure departure of the children of Israel, and gave commandment concerning his bones." The reference here is to Genesis Genesis 50:24-25. Joseph, though hundreds hundreds of miles away from the land that God had promised to his great-grandfather, great-grandfather, Abraham, to his grandfather Issac, and to his father, Jacob, was absolutely persuaded that that land belonged to Abraham's seed, and that some day the descendants of Jacob would go back to that land to receive it according to God's promise. These mighty patriarchs lived, spoke, planned, planned, travelled, and blessed their Children Children all in the light of, and in accordance accordance with the word of God which had been given to them an-cj. in wnitiff they had such implicit confidence. To sum it all up, these men lived, by the faith in God's word. "All success depends entirely ,upgn a political foundation, without whim, economic advances may appear to be built upon sand," -- Josef Stalin. "No class to them English girls. They're alia time talking this cheerio business." -- Kingfish Le vinsky. Qy Radio By VIRGINIA DALE ^ Joan Bennett is so homesick for the stage that she has signed up to work with a Cape Cod stock company this summer for a few weeks. Some of the motion picture producers who have planned busy summers for their players wish that she wasn't quite so thrilled at the prospect. Her infectious enthusiasm has sent half of Hollywood scurrying to their bosses to a,sk if they can't have leave of absence too. Bette Davis wants to go, but Warners have big plans for her. Josephine Hutchinson wants her annual fling on the stage. And Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone are acting acting mighty mysterious, reading plays and time tables. As soon as Ernst Lubitsch. finishes directing Marlene Dietrich and Herbert Herbert Marshall in "Angel" he is going to turn actor for a few days. Long ago when lie was an actor in Germany, Germany, his great ambition was to play Napoleon, and just now it happens that Cecil De Mille is searching the highways and byways for a man to play Napoleon in "Buccaneer." Lubitsch Lubitsch got into costume and make-up, presented himself to De Mille, and he was hired at once. Add one more picture to the current current list of those you simply have to see. Metro-Goldwyn- Mayor's "Captain Ç - , Courageous" is one, ' of the finest pictures 1 # of all time. There is "iS not a woman in the HP* ' Si cast, but even the W young girls who do > v *a » think any picture | - scenes is a washout ! * > **ÿÊf ' confess that they Jt never even miss the i romantic angle in „ , this one. It is the * reams story of the Glouc- Barthoiomew egter £ighing tleot in which Spencer Tracy and young Freddie Freddie Bartholomew do the finest acting of their careers. Indeed, it is the first picture in which young Bartholomew has had a chance to show that he is not just a sweet and handsome lad with pathetic eyes, He is a grand actor. actor. Dimensions Guide To Meal Figure The woman who plans to reduce should decide whether she wants to lose weight- from head to foot or simply an itich or two here and there, if'thg,,former, a diet as well as exercise ro-utiii.es should be mapped out. If the !n'L exercise and massage--not massage--not diet' - 'h o what count. First of all, find out what your dimensions dimensions ought to be. If you are 5 feet 6 inches and under 30 years of age, your hips should measure no more than 37 inches; waistline no more than 26; bust no more than 34. If your bones are big, therefore heavy, and if your flesh is firm and solid, you can weigh as much as 135 pounds, yet retain the ideal dimensions. dimensions. However, if you have tiny bones and your flesh has a tendency to be soft, you may have to come down to as little as 120 pounds to have hips that are no more than 37, and so on. In other words, dimensions-- not weight--should be your primary concern. concern. If your hips, when compared to waistline, legs and bust, are about three inches too large, start rolling on the floor çaeh and every morning. Simply lie on the floor with ankles together and hands clasped high above your head. Keeping shoulders and arms on the floor, slowly roll the lower half of your body from side to side. See that each roll exerts pressure on the fatty spots on hips and thighs. This exercise, if done every day, is sure to produce satisfactory satisfactory results. Many Bljn d G wen. Wage-Earning Jrjsf TORONTO-- Placement of blind persons in wage-earning jobs and work to prevent blindness, were two activities of the Canadian National' Institute for the Blind during the last year which won recognition in reports presented at the annual meeting. meeting. L. M. Wood, president, said the growth of the placement department has been one of the outstanding features features of the work and he noted that the investment in that department had increased from $74,434 to $90,- 627. On March 31, 1937, J. F. Clunk, national national director of unemployment, reported reported there were 42 employed across Canada with a total payroll $38,043. During the fiscal year 1937 there were 271 employed with wage benefits of $165,273. In the field of prevention, Captain A. E. Baker, managing director,, said the appointment of an ophthalnfolog- ist to the staff has made possible more extensive study of the causes of blindness. He noted the effort of the" Dominion Government to combat trachoma among the Indians, particularly particularly in British Columbia. Writers Rejected *Gone With the Wind* NEW YORK--"Gone With the Wind," Pulitzer Prize winner and best seller, was summarily rejected, by nearly 500 delegates to the American American Writers Congress, meeting here, who balloted among themselves to pick the best books published in the year ended o-.i May 1. Margare-' Mitchell's story of the Civil War, whose sales have passed the 1,000,L00 mark, received only one vote. John Dos Passo's "The Big Money," receiving 350 votes, was chosen the best novel by writer/. critics and poets who gathered fro**-- all parts of the country at the New School for Social Research, 62 West Twelfth Street. Twilight Scene. "Down Under" Australia, are shown in this beautiful" twilight scene as they stroked-mbthe "garden bordered"river In their final evening practice for the race. Tie-Up of Hollywood's Latest Love Birds The film colony's newest newlyweds, William Bo yd, star of the "Westerns," 1 and his vivacious bride, G|ace Bradley (picture left), and Dick Foran, singing cowboy, and .Mary Piper'Hollingsworth, who - Were married in a Mexican hamlet, made these pictures of happiness in Hollywood.