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bd ~ { Ro A ~ Sunday Scho ] Lesson Ldn a + ol SoS > > >e So > - LESSUN +i | CHALLENGING THE SOCIAL _ ORDER -- Mark 2:13-22 Golden Text -- "I came not to call tn Mark 2:17, > «y 7a he x hered not only to the law, but to the A righteous, but sinners." ~'¥" / 'The Lesson In Its Setting Time -- Early summer, A.D, 28, Place -- The teaching recorded in verse 13 and the call of Matthew took place along the shore of Galilee, pre- sumably near the city of Capernaum; the feast given by Matthew in honor of Jesus took place in Mattbew's home in the city of Capernaum, at the north- ern end of the Sea of Galilee. "And he went forth again by the sea to the sower, the lily, the bird. He custom, when teaching, was to point 'to the sower, the lilly, the bird. He "is no pale recluse emerging from a library to Instruct. "And all the muti- tude resorted unto him, and he then taught them." ; A Follower of Jesus "And as he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus." This man is cer- tainly to be identified with. Matthew, which is the name he uses in his own Gospel in referring to himself (9.9). A namber of men in' the' New Testament " hud two names; generally one was "> Ls. one of used in speaking ef their life before Christ found them, and the other. of. thelr life 'after they became disciples of Christ, though not exclusively so. "Sitting at' the place of toll" Matt. hew was a tax-collector, located in a ¢ity through which passed a great deal of traffic, long caravans carrying the rich goods of the Orient down into" Egypt, and returning to Mesopotamia laden with Egypt's treasures and agri- cultural products, There was a tax -and duty upon all imports and exports and on all that was bought and sold, bridge:money, road-money, harbour- dues, town-dues, ptc. The takes of Ju. dagai were levied by publicans in Ju- daea, and paid directly to the govern. ment, the officlals being appointed by the provincials themselves, The publi. cans were chosen from the native pop- ulation because they would know the ways of the people better. For: this position they had to pay their super- iors a certain sum, and everything olse they could squeeze out of the people would go into their pockets. Jesus of Nazareth, the carpenter's. son, knew Matthew the publican quite well. Perhaps: only too well. He had often been in Mathew's tollbooth with hi; 'mother's taxes and with. other poor people's taxes. "And he saith unto him; Follow me." Possibly Matt- > hew had come to loathe the life of dis- - honesty and blackguardism in which he lived. He had long heard of Jesus and had seen the mighty works he did, He had caught sight of a higher and nobler life, and that vision had created such a disgust with his pre- sent existence, that, he loathed him- gelf, Jesus' standard of life was one of honesty, purity, a life free from all hypocrisy and -insincerity, empty of graft, marked by.kindness and unsel- fishness. Now Matthew,-. himself, mands to know that, it he should ever accept_this invitation, it would mean walking out of the tollbooth never to come back again, and giving up at once the profession which was his liv- "ing. "And he arose and followed him." From this simple statement we see that Matthew had absolute confidence fn the Lord Jesus Christ; he believed that the ideals and principles of Jesus were, though he was not living them, absolutely right, the very truth of God and he was a man of quick decision; he knew that there were things more important in life than money. Sitting At a Feast "And it came to pass, that he was pitting at meat in his house." From Luke's account we know that this Matthew's house. "And many publi cans and sinners sat down with Jesu and his disciples; for there were a great many, and they followed him." "'Publicant' is a Latin word meaning the great officers who formed the Ro- man revenue and paid into the public treasury the sum agreed upon by con- tract with thé government, They sublet the tax-gathering to agents, and these agents engaged local 'officers, the publicans of Scripture to collect the dues. The sinners who were here were citizens of Capernaum who pro- bably kept away from the synagogue more or less of the rabble "of. the L feast was not in Jesus' house, but in: town. A 'disciple' was fundamentally & learner, ona who especially attach. od himself to a teached and became his ardent pupils. Question His Conduct "And the scribes of the Pharisees." The Pharisees were the sact that ad- "rabbinical interpretation of the law, - which gradually formed a traditional cade by the side of the unwritten law. ~ heir scribes, therefore, would be the rabbis of the party that specially bes lieved in the rabhis.: "When they saw: that he was eating with the sinners and the publicans, said unto his dis. ciples, How {is it that he eateth 'and drinketh with publicans and sinners?" In the Orfent, if two men vol untarily broke bread with each other, 'dividing, say, a loaf between them, then they became, as it were, united, one with another, in friendship, Con. Da-- A--C o 'man becomes a new creature. sequently when Jesus sat down and 'actually ate with publicans and sin- ners, the significance of it*all was that he was willing to make them his friends. The Pharisees refused even to come In contact with the type of men gathered around Matthew's table that day, and for Jesus mot only to have contact with them, but to actual ly sit down and eat with them, in. stantly marked him; in thelr sight, as one outside the law, unworthy of their confidence. #And when Jesus heard it" The criticism of the Pharisees was not spoken to Jesus, but to his disciples, but thelr words were uttered in a tone loud enough for Jesus to hear' them. "He saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick; I came not to call the righteous,' but sinners" Je: sus admits that the people with whom that day he is eating and drinking are 'sick,' ie, they are 'sinners.' The Pharisees never lifted a finger to heal sinners of thelr sins; for this purpose had Jesus come, and by his so doing these . Pharisees themselves would have to acknowledge that his right- eousness was far above theirs. ~~ : Why They Fasted "And John's disciples and the Phar. {sees were fasting; and'they come and gay unto him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the «Pharisees fast, but they disciples do not?" The. Pharisees fasted of tkeir own accord twice in the week in their pretense of holiness. In not asking his disciples to fast Jesus of course in no way con- tradicts the law, From Matt, 6:17 we see that Jesus was not opposed to fasting .as such, when done for the proper purpose and in the proper way. The disciples of John really asked for enlightenment, The Pharisees wanted to discredit Jesus, "And Jesus said unto them, Can the gons of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?.as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast." John the Bap- tist himself (John 3:20) said that he was the friend of the bridegroom, and by saying this he designated Christ as the bridegrapm himself, The bride- groom was now with them. It was no 'fime for the disciples to mourn and to manifest their spirit- of mourning. "But the days will come, when the bridgegroom shall be taken away from them. And then they will fast in that day." The Greek word here translated 'taken away' implies a violent death. Jess had previously hinted at his death and here he directly points to it, though it will yet be two years before he shall die on the cross, New: and Old 'Don't Mix "No man seweth a piece of undress- ed cloth on an old garment; else that which should fill it up taketh from ft, the new from the old, and a worse rent is made." Discard the old entire- ly, and accept not merely a bit ot the new, but all the new in its complete- ness. Not a new patch, but a new robe. The old robe is the Judafsm of that period, It was uséless to try to patch this up with a bit of the teaching or practice of Jesus. "And no man putteth new wine into old wine-skins; else the wine will burst the skins, and the wine perlsh- eth, and the skins; but they put new wine into fresh wine-skins." The con- tatners referred to were made of the skin of the goat. When these were new, they were elastic, but the old skins were dry and hard; hence the folly of putting wine which would fer- ment into skins which did not expand. The patch {llustration gives the out ward aspect of -the truth that Christ- fanity cannot be tacked on to the old law. Where Christ comes, there cdines change; old forms and ceremonies will not suit. Old things pass away and all things become new, Even Life must be different where Christ 1s found, The new faith, the new attitude to God, will require new forms, - To confine the new in the bonds of the old {8 certain to mean trouble, per- haps disaster and loss. Toronto Ban Asked "On Noisy Animals It could be 'expensive to"own a barking dog, a screeching parrot or a howling cat if Toronto City Council passes an anti-noise bylaw rafted by 1 Ald, Adelaide Plumptre, The by-law provides a $560 fine for creation of what a magistrate holds to be unnecessary noises. Among "unnecessary noises" is listed "the crowing, 'crying or barking or other such sound of or from any animal or bird which disturbs the peace, com- fort and repose of any person in the neighborhood ' of / such' animal or bird." The by-law, however, does not specify that the owner of the animal shall be fined. ------------------------ The Creat Geyser of Iceland has a basin 70 feet in diameter and spouts hot water 200 feet. More than 20,000,000 letters were, gont by air in England last year, 1 sleep sixteen passengers, - -------------------------------------- This model airplane cost a million dollars and 'will never fly. the new airliners to be constructed for the TWA, mak dt has been designed by the Boeing: engineers to test ing possible shorter coast-to-coast flights, The plane will Blind 19 Years, Is Auto Expert "Knock" Specialist's Services Are Widely Sought The last automobile Harry Erick- son, of Bloomer, Wisconsin, saw was a 1916 model, but he has been re- pairing cars since 1918, Only by listening and running his sensitive hands over the smooth streamlined outlines of modern auto- mobiles can Erickson tell how much automobiles have advanced since a bit of flying steel took away his sight. Knows By Listening "He knows by listening, he says, that automobilés have come a long way from the days when he used to drive one and often spent more time under the car than in it, Erickson is a "knock" specialist. Car owners come from miles around "Just to have him listen to their mo- tors and tell them where the trouble lleg and then have him fix it for 'hem. He has a sideline, too. He makes _over old automobiles into tractors hy shortening 'the wheelbase and replac- ing the rear axles with truck axles and worm gears, Message From Mine Radio Communi: tion from Un- _'derground - Is' Broadcast Across' Canada » 'ter of: a-umile underground, an. air- "plane a mile above the ground, and a length and breadth of Canada were monstration of modern communica- tion methods given by D. E, Gallo- way, assistant vice-president of the Canadian- 'National Telegraphs be- fore the Rotary Club at Toronto. A part of 'the demonstration was the installation of the latest type of automatic teletypewriter upon which an operator sent greetings from pre- sident "Jack" Degan to various Ro- tary Clubs from Vancouver to Hali- fax, Within 12 minutes and long be- fore the demonstration was finished, dnswers were received and delivered to the president: Long and Sheet Wave Used One of the interesting sidelights of the demonstration was the fact that all types of facilities were co- ordinated to act as a single unit of communication, More than 8.000 miles of Canadian: 'National Tele- graphs were: required. The long New York's Cleaner-Upper Thomas R. Dewey, whose successful fight against Charles Luciano, New York's vice king, resulted in convic- tion, arrives in Albany, N.Y,, to bat- tle a legal move to free Luciano from prison, ? Travels To Plane A"mining superintendent, a quar- radio 'hook-up which extended. the . all linked together -in- a unique -de-- ing to "leather". wave of radio communication was brought into use by the Canadian Radio Commission to give a national broadcast of the event. The ¢ .ov wave was pressed into service to es. tablish: a connéction with flight No. 4 of the Central Vermont Airways, fly- ing in regular passenger service be- tween . Montreal: and 'Boston. Tele- phone 'loops: were: linked up to com- 'plete the talking. circulars, . Spoke from. 1800-Foot Level In opening the demonstration, Mr. Galloway called E, W. Todd, general superintendent of the Lakeshore ines, at Kirkland Lake, more than 400 miles away, who spoke from the 1800 foot level of No. b shaft of the mine. At the time Mr, Tpdd was speak- ing the passengers. and officers of flight ;No. 4 were receiving the de- monstration by short-wave from 5,100 feet above the ground. When Mr, Galloway called Harry Carson, general manager of the Central Ver- mont Railway and vice-president of the Central Vermont Airways, subsi- dary companies of the Canadian Na- tional Railways, the response came sharply and clearly. Doomed Man's Flesh Turns to "Leather" Farmer Faces Certain Death From +. Incurable 'Disease 86, of. Howard, West Virginia, laughed and joked this week although, doc- tors sald that he faced slow but cer- tain death because his flesh is turn- Reconciled to his fate, i Jughed His arms to the elbows and his legs to the knees already have been "petri- fled" by the rare disease of scleroder- ma, from which specialists at Johns Hopkins Hospital say he is suffering. Doctors say that they know neither the cause nor the cure for the disease. Hand Sounds Like Hammer When the Marshall county farmer wag only 23 the aliment first appear- ed in 1924 and started at the tips of his fingers and toes, Each year ft spread: a little." Now he is unable to work and he must live on a $20-a- month relief allowance. Although his legs are deadened, he walks four miles to the nearest grocery store once & week. "If he hits his hand against a ta- ble, it sound like a hammer, It's the same with his feet," said Byron Pipes, relief investigator, "I don't see how he gets around at all." "But his spirits are good and he doesn't seem like a doomed man, He laughs and jokes, although I know his ailment gives him a lot of pain." In 1927, he spent seven weeks in Johns Hopkins Hospital but left when doctors decided that they could not cure the disease, ers Marion Tyrell, young Toronto number of honors won at the shown taking a barrier. Canadian Lass Wins Many Blues at Resort equestzionne leads all other girls in the nehurst, 8 .0. horse show, where she is 3 It is our pleasure to introduce a couple of new programs to our read- ers. First, the Man on the Street, broadcast fn" front of the Imperial Theatre, Toronto, every Tuesday night over CFRB, The program is conduct- ed by Jack Cook and announced by Bob Kestan, We had a lot of fun watching this program last week, and it it weren't for the fact that we froze both ears, and a half dozen toes or so, we really could have enjoyed the pro- gram. Jack Cook does a nice bit of questioning and Bol) Kestan nabs the victims and does the commercial an- nouncements., Theatre tickets are glv- en to those who have been unfortun- ate enough to be collared by Messrs. Kestan and Cook, for their entertain. ing program, . LJ * Program number two puts Charlie Hannigan back on the alr in his regu: lar spot over CKCL. Last night saw the first meeting of the mountaineers at the hayloft in CKCL, with Eddie Guest - doing the piogram. We were glad to see our old friend Vic Pethic back on radio at the piano, after an absence of about two years. LJ LJ LJ You people who like square dancing listen to Charlie Hannigan Monday nights over CKCL at 9 o'clock and you get a full half-hour of old time music, Theatre tickets are also given free for your requests, so if you would like Charlie and the boys to play your favourite old-timer just drop him a note to CKCL. The Dr, Jackson show, "Alr-Breaks" is really going great guns. Roy Lock- sley and his sixteen-piece orchestra Around The Dinl RADIO HEADLINERS OF THE WEEK By FRANK DENNIS are doing a fine.bit of support to those simon-pures on the show. Inci- dentally, this is not an amateur show, for each person appearing on the pro- gram gets a five-dollar bill; Bert Pearl does a fine bit of M.C.ing and Uncle Maurice Boddington is the announcer. The program is. heard Iriday nights at 8.30 over CFRB. . * LJ * Frank Luther, NBC tenor, will pre- gent an original radio drama, des: tined to be known, according to Frank, as the "world's worst short short . drama," during his Person to Person broadcast over the NBC-Red Network. Luther will play the three characters in his original playlet "He", "She" and "Poor Richard". .. * * Lucille Manners, popular singing gtar of the Cities Service Concerts, heard over the NBC-Red Network on - Fridays at 8:00 p.m., E.S.T.,, owns an original sketch of herself by Jay Kaye, famous Hollywood artist. Kaye, whose syndicated strip, "Show Folks" is a dally feature of hundreds of news- papers throughout the country, trav. elled across the country to New York expressly to make the presentation. Although both Miss Manners and Jay Kaye have risen to fame in apposite ends of the country, the pair were or- iginally neighbors in New Jersey. Miss Manners was a resident of Irvington, N.J.,, while Kaye Hved in thn next town, Maplewood, N.J. 'The sketch presented to Miss Manners is the first of a new strip on radio stars now be- ing syndicated. Miss Manners Is using the- sketch on her radio program cov- er. and as part of a letterhead on her fan mail stationery. Pa ava a a AYA", y KIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOIXHAXN] oN x] 3 he S ; ®, 3 The Stars And You : x By A. R. WEIR % 1 (] KS WHAT THE STARS FORETELL FOR THOSE BORN ON IX FEBRUARY 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 X 5] RY i Lo Kok oe i 1 Aquarius is the sign under which those whose birthdays are listed KS above were born. These people have kind, sweet dispositions, are J, very flexible, and have even, well-governed tempers and natures. They #4 A RS are easy to live with and make good friends since they have high ideals. X x They usually make good business associates and are generally suc- RK a cessful in their undertakings. 2 IX] KS YOUR OWN BIRTHDATE: ~ i . ) i FEBRUARY 4--You make a long and steadfast friend. You have % o little difficulty in getting along with others. Liven relatives and in- i x laws like you and respect your opinion. On the whole, the coming RS % year should be a successful and prosperous period for you. pee » FEBRUARY 6--You are a trifle too sclf-opinionated for your own KR oe good. Be more receptive to suggestions made by others. Contact rot KY with others is one of our greatest sources of knowledge. You will KS 5) visit many places of amusement this year and find happiness in do- » RS mestic affairs. X 2S oe ed 9, 4 FEBRUARY 6--The coming year should be a vers successful period 1% i] for you, though, as is to be expected, there are also difficult periods I wo to bridge. You will do this best by mixing with older people and pay- KS ing 2 3iehtion to all matters dealing with property. Your lucky ay aturday, i KS] FEBRUARY 7--Important changes are indicated for you this year KS K] -also_a pleasant holiday by water... Your health should-be good and "e w! you should enjoy a period of real happiness and prosperity, You love he peace and harmony, Rete . 4 IX] KS FEBRUARY 8--Your lucky number is two. You wish always to do i] good and never plan to hurt or harm anyone. "If you work hard an Kd %! wisely this year you should experience real progress and gain and ] % influential people, KS I) 2 a FEBRUARY 9--This is an excellent year for business affajrs, for your health, for social affairs and for love. There should be nothing what- )& % soever for you to worry about. You are artistic and deéply inter- 2% ested in music, art and literature. io vv vv QC financial status ma stabilize your life OTOTTs 0%, vv. a DXOCCXCCCC NX XNXINICNICIIIOXNXINXIX CCX OIN FEBRUARY 10--Unless you rely more upon your own efforts your always lack stability. ut it depends entirely upon you. the immediate future are good for you, push your affairs to their utmost. It you birth date Is not listed above and you would like a horoscope 4 for any birth date in the year, or if you would like a complete personal horoscope for any date listed above, send 10¢ to A. R. Weir, 73 Adelaide 8t. W., Toronto, Please print your name, address and birth date plainly, You have the ability to Prospects for It is a good time for you to KEIN HHI AXIAL ALHK AVATAR Virus Visible Vienna Veterinary Working On Vaccine For Diseate For the first time in medical history the viruses of foot and mouth dis 3 and infantile paralysis have been made visible. i The experiments were earrfed out by Dr. Hans QGerlach, director of tha Vienna Veterinary Institute, The discovery Is considered of great importance in facilitating ef. forts to find better ways of combating and preventing infantile paralysis, The foot and mouth eattle d'scnse is sweeping Europe, Austria {31 one of the very few countries which fis thus far free from the plague, accord- ing to official reports, Gerlach is now enza<ed in attemnt- ing to develop a vaccine from the vir usoa, Narcotic Traffic Secret Dizclozer] Means of Supplving Prisoners Is Discovered Through Arrest Albert Higgins, 48, pleaded guilty last week at Toronto to possession of narcotic drvgs and was remanded for sentence, Police sald they believed that with Higgins' arrest they found the methed prisoners in Ontario insti- tutions were supplied with narcotics. "Shot" Under Postage Stamp Letters allegedly found in Higgins' possession advised him mot to worry about his supply of narcotics for per sonal use jf he was/'arrested, police sald. Ho was tol¢ to remove the post- age stamps on any cuvelope he re- ceived while in jail and underneath he would find enough drugs for one "shot", : Plainclothesmen Arthur Keay and Willlam Bolton, investigating the source of drugs in Toronto, went to a Toronto house where they waited un- til three men entered, Searching ve- vealed no narcotics on the men, The officers decided to wait longer. Two hours later another man en- tered who fled when he saw the ofil- cers, Captured, he gave his name as Higgins and police said they found four capsules in his. possesion and the letters. wii Stomach Ache May Mean Brain Tumor Doctors Are Advised to Call In Nerve Specialist When Such - Pain Occurs pa: Physiclans are mistaken when they dismiss a neurotic patient as a "bellyacher," because he may be suf- fering from a disturbance in brain function, the "cruise congress" of the Pan-American - Medical Association was told last week at Havana, Cuba, A stomach ache may sometimes in- dicate a brain disease -and therefore should 'draw the interest of the neur- ologist, the internist and the surgeon, gaid Dr. I. S. Wechsler, of New ork. Don't Operate By Mistake «"Ahdominal pain is generally cor rectly. regarded as the result of dis- ease affecting the various organs and tissues within the abdominal cavity," | he said. "From time to time patients present pain syndromes associated with other symptoms which justify the diagnosis of appendicitis, gall stones, gastric ulcer, kidney colic, ete. Not infrequently the syndrome is so characteristic as to justify abdominal operation which, to the chagrin of the surgeon, reveals no pathology." Many of these syndromes, Dr, Wechsler sald, are due to diseases of the brain. He pointed out that mi- graine and epilepsy of cerebral origin are sometimes characterized by ab- dominal syndromes. z "Brain tumor may be masked by symptoms of gastric or duodenal vicer and the brain condition be diagnosed only after futile treatment of the ab- dominal condition," he continued. Cost of Living Is Up Slightly Index Average Stands at 84.3 For December In Canada OTTAWA.--The Dominion Bureau of Statistics has reported its cost of living index for December was 84.3 aga'nst 84.2 in November and 81.8 for December, 1936, A retail prices index for foods rose from 78.8 to 79.1, gains for butter, eggs, onions and canned salmon being of more consequence than a lengthier list of declines which fncluded lard, beans, canned vegetables. finnan had- die and most meats. Moderate increase for coal, coke and wood caused the fuel index to rise from 86.7 in November to 86.1 in December. The clothing index at 78.8 against 71.6 in December was slightly higher mainly 'owing to ad- vances in woollen ready-to-wear gare ments ad rent index was 890.0 against 8 "Va Millions of artificial teeth are ex- ported from America every year to Great Britain, where thty are made up into sets. ) aE ph Sy gh Ca \ TN A aE a y PATA EA, Jo A SL AE Te aie a Nw nn BLE mt ad ont, oy ol BR Yi A A I 14 4 SP he, po rr = 7 ot ra TA