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r iE -- tS Lt KH : TALUS, Eh St "SUNDAY SCHOOL "EESSON ? < - LESSON XI : CHRISTIANS 'FELLOWSHIP -- L John 1:1.7; Revelation 21:17 = ° Golden Text -- "Our fellowship Is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ." 1 John 1:3. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time--The first epistle of St, John and the Revelation of St. John were written toward the close of his life, the former probably about 90 A.D, and the latter perhaps as late as 96 A.D, Place -- We do not know. where John was when he wrote his epistles, but probably in the city of Ephesus. He himself states that, when he re- ceived the .visions recorded in the book of Revelation,'he was on the fs. land of Patmos (Rev. 1:9), which fs in the Aegean Sea, twenty-four miles southwest of Asia Minor.. The word translated "fellowship" in our lesson means "association," "com- munit, "joint participation." It is re- lated to a verb meaning "to enter into fellowship, to join one's self as an as- sociate, to make one's self a sharer or © partner," and then-it also means, very Bignificantly, *so to make another's necessities one's own as to relieve them." Our Fellowshin's Foundation ning," The beginning here is not, of course, the beginning of the lite of Christ, or even. tha beginning of hu. . man history, but it refers to a time long before man had been created, the very beginning of all things, . "That which. we have heard." clause. we pass from eternity into time. The first clause refers to some- thing prior to the Creation. Here both _ the Creation and the Incarnation have taken 'place. | "That which we have seen with our eyes, that which we be- held." The additional phrase 'with our eyes" emphasizes the idea of direct personal experience. in a matter-mar- velous in itself, The vision was not of the soul within, but fn life. There can be no doubt that the exact word' 1s used with a distinct reference to the invitation of the Lord after his resurrection, 'Handle me.' "Concern- -. ing the Word of life," The fact that 'Word' is printed in the text of the _ Revised Version asa proper. noun, with the first letter. as a capital, in. dicates that the phra¥s is to be taken ag a direct reference 'to the person of. the Lord Jeésus.Christ. Christ {s both the word' of God and the life of man, Words 'of Eternal' Life 1 Jesus himself said: The words that I have spoken unto you are 'spirit and are life, and the apostle Peter confes- sed to the Lord shortly after: "Thou hast the words of eternal life.' "And the life was manifested." This phrase simply means that Christ, who was from eternity, and lived in heaven out of sight of men, became such that hg~could be seen by men. "And we have seen, and bear witness." It is _one thing to see and handle something and even to be convinced of its real- ity. It is another -thing to bear wit. ness publicly, to others, concerning that which we have investigated and found true. "And declare unto you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and" was manifested unto us. "That which we 'have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us; yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and: with ~his Son Jesus Christ,". Fellowship, inthis verse, is spoken: of under two-different: aspects +~-=:there is the fellowship which 'be- tievers 'have with one another, 'and there is the fellowship which believers . have with the Father and his ' Son Jesus Christ, Let us be clear that there is no true fellowship, as: John 1s speaking of it, except in a -common belief, concerning the Lord Jesus Christ and an acceptance of him as Saviour; Fellowship: with God as to privilege is, communion with him; as to responsiblity, it {s-partnership with him, Fellowship with God means we have come into business with 'God, and that his enterprises are to be our en- terprises, With God fellowship is my privilege, to pour out everything that . 18 in. my- heart, saying anything, say- \ ing everything I am thinking. Con. verse with Godireaches. its highest le- Yel when alone with him, With this_ There is no sweeter fellowship in have who are united in Christ. Where in all the world can such a fellowship as this be found, except among the Christian believers? It is love that has -bound us together, and no other fellowship can ever be as permanent, as enriching, as genuine, as spontan- eous, as the fellowship Christ has gl. ven to us in our common salvation. "And these things we write, that our joy may be made full" The joy is that serene happiness, which is the re- sult of conscious union with God and good men, of conscious possession of eternal life, which raises us above pain and sorrow and remorse. : Walk In the Light { "And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God {is light, and in "him is no darkness at all," There are three statements in the Bible which stand alone as revelations of the nat- ure of God, and they are all in the writings of St. John: 'God is spirit' "(John 4:24); 'God is light'; and 'God is love.! They are probably the nearest approach to a definition of God that the human mind could frame or com. prehend; and in the history of thought and religion they are unique, The more we consider them, the more they satisfy us. The simplest intellect can understand their meaning; the subt- lest cannot exhaust it. The statement that there is no darkness in - Cod, means first, that there is nothing hid. den in God -- he never expresses any truth, he never undertakes any act, in which the slightest shadow of un- truthfulness, or compromise with sin, can ever be discovered. "If-we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not 'the truth." The apostle John, in this very eplstle we are studying, says that a man who hates his brother, 'is in darkness.' "But it we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus. his Son cleanseth us from all sin." Walking in the light is presupposed as the condition for this application "of the virtue of Christ's lito and his death, The marvelous thing is that when you put your trust in the Lord Jesus, the blood of Christ cleanses et- ernally and completely in the sight of God, _- "And I saw a new heaven and a new 'earth are passed away; and the sea is earth for the first heaven and the first no more," When John says that he Taw a new heaven and a new earth, it is not to be understood that the earth itself has been destroyed, or that heaven has been destroyed. There are two words to indicate the {dea h of newness in the Greek language -- one means something newly created, something brought for the first time something that has been changed, or renewed, or restored, and this is the word here used. What a glorious day that will be when the earth will be restored to its«original beauty, and all who are upon the earth will be in the perfection of God's image, without a ' blemish and without stain! "And I saw the holy city, new Je- rusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride is adorned for her husband." There are three Jerusalems in the Bible -- the earthly city by that name; our home in heaven 1s sometimes called the Je- 'rusalem which is above, then there is the Holy City, new Jerusalem, which comes down: out of heaven, "And 'I heard a great voice out of the throng saying, Behold, the taber- dwell with them, and they shall be his them, and be their God." Here we have God is now found actually dwelling with men, .the consummation of all his purposes, for his redeemed people. "And he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be any mourning, ner' crying, nor pain, any mor8@: the first things are passed away.' There is infinite wisdom here, X) the world than that which believers' 'information for you. into existence; the other one means- nacle of God is with men, and he shall peoples, and God himself shall be with the" perfection of "all fellowship, for infinite. love, and infinite power. God . Gangster Actor Is Hunted Man =} .t A member of Robin Hood's Gang Frank Fisher, Left, alleged to be in the film of which he is an extra, a real gangster, is escorted from the studio in Hollywood, Calif., and ordered to leave town, 3 Oh, dear, another column to write! Well, seeirrg as how it's kind 'of cool outstdo, here is a little New Year's The Columbia Broadcasting System hag just released thelr New Year's program' schedule, It seems as if frien 11.00 p.m. to 4.00 a.m. on New Year's Eve, dance bands and cheers in the street will herald this festive occasion. At midnight in New York, Paul Douglas will resume his post {n the Paramount Theatre at Times Squafe and describe the throng is not ignorant of nor aloof from the -sufferings of men, nor is he, knowing man's deep tragedies, powerless. as he looks upon. them, for he not only . takes away our tears, but he takes away 'all that causes tears -- death, and pain, and sorrow. ' pe Father and Son "And he that sitteth on the throne, sald, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, Write; for these words are: faithful and true. And he "said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the. Alpha and the Omega, the begin- ning-and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcom- eth 'shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son." In the last clause of the seventh verse -- 'I will be his God, and he shall be my son' -- we have the ulti- mate achievement of the great re- deeming work of God's only begotten Son. Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made mani- fest, what we shall be. We know that, it he shall 'be 'manifested, we shall be like 'him; for: we shall see him as he fis, (1 John 8:1, 2.) In these seven verses. we have three. distinct forms of- fellowship -- that which {s repre- sented by a city, that which is symbol- ized by. the loving relationship of a bride and her husband, and that which fs indicated by the living, vital rela- tionship of a son to his father, Cc--3 Around The Dial [RADIO HEADLINERS. OF THE'WEEK By IFRANK DENNIS pushing its way through the heart of the. theatrical district. This is an as- signment Douglas has been covering for the past six years. After the mid- town horn-blowing, the next hour will be filled by music ' Benny Goodman, Eddle Duchin and' Cab Calloway.® As midnight reaches Chicago streets, microphones will pick up the street's activities, followed by music by Fran- kie Masters and his band and Orrin Tucker's orchestra. A shift back to New York to pick up George Hall's orchestra and Richard Himber's aggre- gation. Then the celebrations at Den ver will be heard, followed by Jay Freeman's music. Twelve o'clock in Hollywood will bring a "vox pop" from the famous Hollywood Boule vard, and then the festive activities of Honolulu, closing the program back at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, Busman's Holiday What noted musicians do on thelr days off seemed evident at a recent Boston Symphony concert in New York when Andre Kostelanetz arose from his seat for an intermission stretch and' bumped into Mishel Plas- tro, concertmelster of the New York - Philharmonic, who was also a member of the audjence. ; ed if * O° The two "hand. some gentlemen whose : pictures appear in this col- umn are Stan Francis and Vince Boyd. We were present at the People's , Com- munity Sing Song - Stan Francis last Sunday--and did we catch up on our tonsil prac- tice! The success of this. program depends practieally on these two boys. Believe it or not, it takes six people to prepare this program--Stan and "Mo" Rosenfelt, of the MacLaren Agency get together on the "script, Vince and Maurice Rapkin select the music and Engineer Ernie Swan of CKC looks after the "pick-up" and Vince Boyd there is an operator in the booth who has a hectic time following the songs and changing slides. In all, it is es- timated that about twelve hours' work goes into a single half-hour radio pro- duction of this nature, Apart from all this, the slides have to be made and the music written, Heard on the program are also' guest artists, and these have to be rehearsed and spot. ted in the program, Appearing in the "pit" with Vincent, are Dixle Dean and his accordion and Dick Walker at the vibraphone, We just might add here that the illustrious Mr, Boyd of- fers & plano solo during each program that just leaves the audience sitting there with their mouths open, for Vince puts in a little trigk work with those:little nimble fingers of his, Just to refresh your memory, Vince broke the plano speed contest by cramming 4,000 notes into the short space of 68 'seconds, and when you hear him play, you won't doubt it. The People's Com- munity Sing Song is heard every Sun- day at 9 o'clock over CKCL. The tick- ets of admission are free, The oldest British pension dates right back to 936 A.D, King Ethelred founded an annual grant of 16s. to the parish priest, of Purhoe, a small vil- lage near Exeter, England, for his bravery against Danish invaders. The ppayment has been made annually ever since to the vicar of the parish. Lain oa JJ LISTEN... ou Filey ih CANADA-193] IMPERIAL eosin if] ; INSPIRING PROGRAM A Every Friday "i on a national L coast to coast network. them. 20 ALBERT STREET EIN IRR VR Re THE SALVATION ARMY XMAS APPEAL In hundreds of homes in Canada where need exists there is confidence that The Salvation Army will give aid. With your help we will not disappoint Please send your contributions to: COMMISSIONER GEORGE L. CARPENTER, TORONTO RRS ESSE Ford Shows Two V-8 Cars, New Trucks FRONT END views car, f the three units of.the Ford V-8 line for 1938 are pictured above, At top, left, is the standard V-8 car, designed for owners to 'whom economy is para- mount." Below, the de luxe Ford V-8, stylish sister of thé standard The: standard Ford, in three body types is powered by the fa- 'mous Ford V-8 engine. The de Tuxe car, in eight body types, is richly styled with new outward beauty and interior luxury. Sweeping lines and longer hoods give the 1038 Ford V-8 cars a new and distine- tive appearance. Both the de luxe and standard cars have the same Ford V-8 chassis, The new Ford V-8 truck front is shown, (top right). New treatment of the ra- diator grille on both do luxe and standard trucks, gives a more massive, impressive appearance which is heightened by the long louvres which extend horizontally along the hood. Trucks are in three wheelbase 1 hs, the 167-inch, the 184-ihch which replaces the 131%- inch of previous years and the 112- inch wheelbase for commercial cars. oR - Like Livestock Black Boy Slaves Were Fashion- able Among British ' Socicty Folk Until 150. Years Ago. The fashion for little black boy ser- vants, which started in-London, Eng., in the days of Cromwell, and reached its climax early in the reign of Géorge III, originated from the Venetians, whose trading ships brought 'home many Hindu, Moor and Negro children as part of their cargoes. Several of these dark-skinned waifs have been immortalised in the paintings by Ti- tian, Tha word blackamoor, formerly blacky-Moor, was the name used by English people to describe these boy slaves from Northern Africa. Black Povs "Tie Rage" ©mart society in London owned hun- dreds of blackamoors in the reign cf Charles II, A century later there were thous ands of them, for a blackamoor at- tendant had become as indispensable to a Mayfair society woman as is her car nowadays, The black boys accompanled their mistresses to the most dazzling even- ing parties. One can picture them goggling their big eyes at the glitter- ing chandeliers, the splendid uniforms and the beautiful frocks, and proudly surveying, in golden-framed mirrors, their own brilliantly coloured clothes and their turbans spangled with glass gems which made them appear as though they had cost a-king's ranscm. Guinea Reward An advertisement in the London Gazette: "A Black boy, an Indian, about thirteen years old, ran away the 8th inst. from Putney, with a collar about his neck with this inscription 'the Lady Bromfleld's black in Lin- coln's Inn Fields." Whoever brings "him to Sir Edward Bromileld"s at Put- ney shall have a guinea reward." These little blackamoorg were bought and sold like cattle. One ad- vertisement in a London - paper of 1709 read: "A Black boy, twelve years of age, fit to wait-on a gentleman, to be disposed of at Denis's Coffe-houss in Finch Lane, near the Royal Ex- change." A Poor little chaps! It was not until less than 150 years ago that no fur- ther "supplies"--as one West Indian merchant referred to them in a busi. ness letter -- were shipped. to London Town. . Schoolboy's Pockets Disclose Wonders Women Aren't the Only Who Carry Rubbish Around Ones " "What? Lost my nickel change? Turn out your pockets, Tommy, and see if you can find it." The small boy who had gone an errand for me dived cheerfully into each of his pockets. I stared amazed as their con- tents emerged, says a writer in Pear- son's Weekly. There were six heavy nuts, .eight different lengths of string, thirty-five grubby cigarette cards, five pencils, a pleco of rubber tubing from an old hose pipe about four inches long, the front page of a sporting paper, a bad apple: three walnuts, two gsafety-pins, a mouthoypgan, a large jack-knife, a reel of once-white cotton, a block of dye, eight used penny stamps, an emp- ty tobacco tin-- and my nickel! Four-Pound Iron Spike My old schoolmaster told me that he once found this collection in a boy's pockets a rubber gas-pipe 214 ft. long, the splked top of an fron railing weighing fully four pounds, 30 loose pen-nibs, ten loose pins, an un- protected razor-blade, four yards of bandage, and three heavy bolts. When asked why he carriad the long plece of tubing, the hoy replied, "I thought it would make an opium-pipe like you see in the movies!" This same schoolmaster also remem- bered.a boy who carried the head of a stuffed owl. When the smell gave him away, he cried bitterly because his "mascot" was confiscated. New High Record In Lake Shipping CLEVELAND.--Great Lakes ship- ping, rapidly drawing to a close, may hang up an all-time record for the greatest tonnage ever carried in one season, Although ft will be some time be- fore final results are learned it is known Great Lakes commerce this year has been the largest since 1929 and possibly larger than that record year. Final figures for five major commod- fties for 1937 'are expected to show a total of 138,980,000 tons, against 114, 414,748 last year, A Bulgarian has committed sui- cide at the age of 99, because he did not want to be a centenarian. Driven from the steeple. of St. John's Church, = Reading, England, where they did $2,600 damage, pig- eons have made their home in the organ chamber of Trinity Congrega= tional Church, two streets away. twelve - a a sp A gry ZR: <n rp Pe a 2 Le