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. V- • k /y/zs Sunday School Lesson LESSON X SERVING BY PERSONAL DEVOTION TO CHRIST Mark 14:3-11, 27-31. Golden Textâ€"She hath done what she could. Mark 14:8. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time.â€"The supper at which Jesus was anointed took place on Saturday evening, April 1, A.D. 30. The ar- rangement of Judas with the chief priests to betray the Lord was made on Tuesday of the next week, April 4, while Christ’s foretelling of Peter’s denial took place after the Lord’s Supper on Thursday evening of that week, April I*. Place.â€"The supper scene was in Bethany. All the rest of the incidents of this lesson took place in the city of Jerusalem. The exquisite story of the anoint: ig of Jesus by Mary is also, found in Matt. 26:0-13, and, with many added details, in John 12:2-8. 3. And while he was in Bethany. Bethany is a little village on the east- ern slope of the Mount of Olives, just over the top, so that from Bethany the city of Jerusalem is not visible. It is lo-clay a miserable village of some forty or fifty poor homes occupied by fanatical Moslems. Here was the home of Mary and Martha and their brother Lazarus. Undoubtedly Jesus found the home of his family the most perfect place of retreat for quiet. Here, Jesus was pleased to reveal more of the human side of his com- plex nature than anywhere else. In the house of Simon the leper. We know nothing more about this man. It is most probable that Simon’s was the most commodious home in Beth- any, and could most easily accommo- date the large number of guests who w@re invited to this supper, and that Simon’s home is not to be identified with Mary’s home, but that she was simply serving or waiting upon the table in Simon’s house on that occa- sion, Simon, of coruse, must have been healed of his leprosy. As he sat at meat, there came a woman. John tells us her r ae, Mary, not to be confused with Mary the mother of ns, or with Mar. Magdalene. Hav- ing an alabaster cruse. The alabaster mentioned in the Scriptures is gener- ally known. as Oriental alabaster, to distinguish it front the modern min- eral called by the sani name. It was usually crystalling " stalagmitie rock or carbonate of lime, and was of a semi-transparent nature. The name is connected - 1th the town of Alabastron in Egypt, where the stone :was quar- ried. “It was highly esteemed for making small perfume bottles or oint- ment vases called alabastra. Of pure "ord, very costly. frag- rant East Indian plant belonging to 'the genus Valeriana . elds a juice of deli Jons odor used either pure or mix- ed, by the ancient.?. An Act of Pure Love And she ’â€"ike " a cruse and pour- ed it over his ’ id. In the hot and stifling dim i‘ was grateful and re- freshing, and to anoint one’s guests was an ordinary courtesy. The sisters had often pondered how they could show their gratitude for all he had been and all that he had do:. 3 for them. He had Vri’ed Simon, and had given the sisters and their brother, the hope of heaven, by winning- their souls to himself, he '-s’ shown how truly he was the Messiah, by bringing back Lâ€"irus from the grave. Mary was left to give their ’ and grati- tude exprcss'on. This act was purely vohâ€"Vtry on Mary’s part, and certain- ly arose only from - de love for the Parlour. 4. But there were some that had indignation am-ng themselves, saying, To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made? We are told by John that ‘he leader in this criti- cism of Mary’s beautiful act was Ju- das. When we are thinking of hu- man love and the charm of human personality, it is i..congruous, it is a desecration, to introduce the thought of silver and gold. These things can- not be weighed. They Eire v ' • t we may call the poet of life. False Yardsticks 5. For this ointment might have been sold for ?bove three hui ’red shillings, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her. The word here translated “shilling,” as we have noted in a previous lesson, is the word “denarius,” which is the equivalent c bout seventeen cents, and was the wage for a da; ’ labor in the time of oui- Lord. Our false measuring of things by a matevialis ’ : yardstick will yield when money is involved to the most degrading and dishonorable temptations. Bâ€"D (j. But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a.good work on me. It should be care- fully observed that, as far as the re- cord tells us, Mary said nothing in de- fense of her own act. Her act was a good work, one which possessed true moral beauty. The good " ess of the act lay in the grateful love which it displayed. 7. For ye have the poor alwa 3 with you, and whensoever ye will ye can do jhem good: but me ye have not al- ways. 8. She hath done what she could. This is sometimes t "-en to mean that, while it may not have been Utah that Mary did, yet she did what she was able to do. She had done all that she could. She hath anointed my body beforehand for the burying. Mary an- ointed the Lord, ith the presenti- ment of, as well as with the spirit of and divinely beautiful sympathy with, that death Itself. Her action was en- tirely a prophetic one. She was con- scip-"3 of what she did. 9. And verily I say unto you, Where- soever the gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. Mary’s act to Jesus was the one memorial of the festive" scene, the thing which did -’Ot pass away. It will thing which did not pass away. Mark 14: 10, 11. 10. And Judas Is- cariot, he that was one of the twelve, went away unto ’he chief priests, that h3 might deliver him unto them. 11. And ” ey, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to g've him money. And he sought how he might conve- niently deliver him unto them. Notice that Judas Iscariot is even here at this time, when his awTil sin about to be introduced, still numbered among the twelve apost’ss. Judas deliberate- ly went to the " ief priests with the intention of betraying the Lord. The proposal came from him, not from the priests. As Matthew tells us, they gave him thirty pieces of silver, which was the. equivalent of about one-third of the cos: of the nard with which Mary anointed the Lo. J, ; 27. And Jesus saith unto them. All ye shall be offended. The disciples will be trapped by what will happen to Je- sus; it will upset them completely. For it is written, 1 will, smite the shepherd, and I lie sheep shall be scat- tered abroad. This prophecy is found in Zech, 13:7. The shepherd here is, of course, the Lord Jesus. The sheep are his disciples. Fulfillment of this prediction is recorded in verse 50 of this chapter. 28. Howbeit after I .un raised up, 1 will go before you into Galilee. The J â€"i ' ere declares'that death will not be able to hold him, and that the shameful departing of the disciples from their Lord in an hour when he needed them will not mean their per- manent separation from, him or he from them; they will be forgiven, they will be restored. 29. But Peter said unto him. Al- though all shall be offended, yet will not I. The words of Peter here are nothing less than sheer boastfulness. 39. And Jésus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, that thou to-day, even this night, before the cock crow twice, shall deny me thrice. The crowing of the cock is not some casual crow- ing of some individual cock. Two Growings were distinguished as time marks, one near midnight, the other just before dawn. Peter denied the Lord within four hours after his em- phatic assertion that nothing could ever persuade him to leave the Lord’s side. 31. But he spake exceeding vehe- mently, If I must die with thee, I will not deny thee. And in like manner also said they all. They were all sin- cere, but none of them knew his. own weakness. Big Fish Pulls Dog Into River Officers of the Oxford Game and Fish Association vouch for this fish story : Two Woodstock boys were fishing in. the north branch of the Thames, north of the city, when one, after a desperate struggle, landed a huge carp. He hit the whopper over the head, and thinking he had killed it, tied it to the end of his pet fox ter- rier’s leash. He went on fishing. The stunned carp soon revived and gave a couple of mighty flops. The last flop landed fish and dog both in the river. The boys rushed into water up to their waists and only with difficulty rescued the dog and recaptured the fish, This time they made sure it was dead, and lugged it home. The New Duke and Duchess of Devonshire Above are ,left and centre, the new Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. The Duke inherited the title from his father, who was Governor-General of Canada from 1916 to 1921. At right is the Earl of Burlington, the# son, who is heir to the title. The Dunchess is a daughter of the fourth Marquess of Salisbury. Haven’t you felt frequently, when you were at the movies, that you’d like to know where some of the scenes were taken? Harry She-man, producer of the “Hopalong Cassidy” pictures, has solved that long-standing need, Beginning with ‘‘Beneath Western Skies,” each of these films will carry an announcement of the location where it was made. It’s a grand idea. But probably it won’t be taken up to any extent, for imagine the shock if you were told, at the beginning of a pict ire whose own scenes were laid in France, for in- stance, that it was filmed right along tt i good old California sea coast. " arts of that coast have been used so often that old-timers recognize them instantly. It looks as if Merto had a winner in “Three Comrades,” the sequel to “All Quiet on. the Western Front.” Ro- bert Taylor really had a chance to be dramatic in this one, and he had to be Robert Taylor good, for the other leading roles are played by Margaret Sullivan, Franchot Tr and Robert Young. Wayne Morris has found, to his sor- row, that kissing a girl for the movies is pretty complicated and decidedly difficult. For instance, the director tells you to look down at the girl. May- be you're not tall enough; then you have to stand on a box. (That doesn’t worry Wayne, because he’s plenty tall). “You have to take the girl in your. arms and kiss her,” says ho, “while the hairdresser stands by, and glares if you muss the girl’s hair, and you must not wrinkle the collar of the girl’s dress, and you must raise yoiir arms so that your own coat does not hike up the back; if it does, every- thing stops while the tailor is sum- moned to see what’s wrong with the coat. Screen love is the bunk â€" but It is a living.” Jerry Belcher has broadcast in- terviews with interesting neighbors from almost every fair-sized town in the United States, and from some in Canada, but so far he hasn’t interview- ed any of the ones he knows best of all â€" those in his own corner of Tex- as. Bing Crosby’s wife went to New York to have a lot of fun and do a lot of shopping. And what do you suppose she bought? Clothes and toys for those four small Crosby boys! Somehow, the stores’ other offerings just didn’t seem to be very interesting. For up-to-the-minute radio sport news tune in Wes McKnight from CFRB, Toronto, 7:40 p.m., Standard time on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and at 8 o’clock Saturday. This outstanding sport commentator has been, on the air since 1934 for Bee Hive Golden Corn Syrup and other products of the St. Lawrence Starch Company Limited. ODDS AND ENDS â€" Gloria Blon- dell hag been learning to sail a boat, with her brother-in-law, Dick Powell, doing the teaching ...Edward Arnold was weighed the other day at the stu- dio and beamed when he found that he had lost four pounds, due to the hot weather....And then along came Mr. Lionel Barrymore and he beamed be- cause he had gained five ...... James Stewart has 17 harmonicas, bilt he’s still in the market for more .. Joan Bennett collects salt and pepper shak- ers ___ Universal’s budget for Dean- na Durbin’s next picture, ‘‘Cinderella” is $1,000,000 â€" which will buy a lot of glass slippers ... John Payne is do- ing go well in “Garden of the Moon” that Warner Brothers have him all set for a big build-up â€" so add him to you list ofpotential movie stars-.... Have you a good idea for a radio pro- gram for children? A certain big cer- eal company is in the market for one ...... Joe Penner recently escaped in- jury while broadcasting â€" and from a wooden box, of all things! He was sup- posed to be thrown out of the ring by a wrestler. À splinter from the broken box used in sound effects missed him by a fraction of an inch. Winnipeg River Threatens Land KENORA, Ont. â€" Hundreds of sightseers flocked to Norman Dam here last week as close to 60,000 cubic feet of water a second surged through the channelways and the flooding Winnipeg River crept to within 18 inches of serious levels reached in the 1927 flood. Authorities estimated the river’s peak may not be reached for an- other 48 hours but the waters al- ready have driven four residents of adjacent Keewatin from their homes and gardens and farmlands adjoin- ing- the river are under two and In. recent articles I have quoted ac- tual cases from my mailbag, in the hope that other readers, with perhaps similar problems of their own, might derive some help and guidance. Here is a very poignant case that I dealt with some time ago, I received a letter from a girl who was not quite 18 years old, but who had been mar- ried for 19 months and had. a little baby girl. She said: “My husband is serving a term in jail for stealing. But he is not a bad man; he only stole to provide for me and the baby. 1 send you his writing. Can you give me any ray of hope for our future? I love my husband so much.” Her husband’s writing showed that he was not as stable as he might be; he was too prone to take the line of least resistance. However he could overcome this. And he had certain tal- ent potentialities. I made suggestions for making use of them. Later on I bad the satisfaction of hearing that this little family had re- moved to a town many miles away from their former home, and the hus- band was in a stêady position and Former Coal Centre Now “Ghost Town” D.RUMHELLER, Alta, â€" Wayne, famed old coal-mining- town in Drum- heller Valley, where 600 workers1 were employed, is rapidly becoming! a “ghost town,” but a new commun-! ity three miles to the east is spring- ing up. 1 Closing of the Jewel mine at! Wayne left only one small mine in operation there, employing fewer than 50 men. Houses in Wayne are; being sold for what they will bring;! others are being moved to other val-l ley points. J The new tow-n springing up is! Rosedale Ferry. A large hotel is1 nearly completed and many houses are being built. Mine equipment from the Jewel mine at Wayne is be-; ing moved by truck to the Cambrian mine at the ferry. A year ago. there was virtually no activity in this! area. Holstein, 14, .Makes New Milk Record Maple Range A.xie, 14-year-old pure-bred Holstein cow, owned by Wellington Sager & Son, St. George, Ontario, has just completed an offi- cial R. O. P. mark which is the high- est for milk ever made, in Canada by a cow of this age under similar conditions. On a strict twiee-a-day milk, Maple Range Axie gave 17,179 pounds ; of milk and 682 pounds of fat in a year. She has six official E. O. P. records, which total 99,482 pounds of milk and 3,328: pounds of fat, according to a report released on Thursday by the Holstein-Friesian Association of Canada head office! here. The Saegers are neighbors of! Hon. Harry C. Nixon, the provincial secretary. Lawrence Sager is a past president of the Brant District Hol- stein Breeders’ Club. The chipmunk, wrapped in spiral f ur, In amber light and liquid fire : He circles tree trunks like a flame,: A powder blaze along, a limb And through the air: And stops: A leaf Dead in the grass, an ash of life: A candle eye and twitching jowl Flame-swift, and fragile as,:, a. jewel. â€"Robert Wistrand in the New York Times. accepting h"i responsibilities. That wife’s faith in her husband was jus- tified, but it was a handwriting analy- sis that blazed the trail that he was] able to follow successfully. Mr. G. writes: “If handwriting an-| alysis is so helpful, could it not be util-i ized by business?” You would be surprised, Mr, G., if I you knew how much handwriting an-! alysis IS used by business undertak- j tags. There are not a few large firms' who use it a very good deal. Insur-, ance companies make use of it in the checking of applications at. times* and other firms take advantage of it when filling important positions. Do you wish to know whât your own handwriting reveals? Have you a dear sweetheart, friends Or relatives you’d like to know more about? Send speci- mens of the handwriting you want an- alysed, enclosing 10c for EACH speci- men. Send with stamped addressed en- velope to: L. Hibbert, Room 421, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto, Ontario. Plear send as lengthy specimens as possible. three feet of water. CHARACTER FROM HANDWRITING CASES FROM MY NOTEBOOK By LAWRENCE HIBBERT (Graphologist and Psychologist)