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mee AN "such a death on the cross. Py Pe NT 2 i 4 ( SEE ---- = l Feggon L] LESSON: V1 CO-OPERATING IN SERVICE Mark 9:30-41 Golden Text--IFor he that is not against us is for us, Mark 9:10 THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time.--Autumn, A.D. 20, Place.--The words cf Christ con- cerning his- death and resurrection were spoken in Galilee, while the rest of the teaching recorded in this lesson was given in the city of Ca- pernaum, at the northern end of the Sea of Galilee. 30. And they went forth from thence, and passed through Galilde. and he would not that any man should know it. "Our Lord left Her- mon and the neighborhood of Cae- sarea Philippi, and returned to Ca- pernaum. As he wished to avoid notice, he probably went from Her- mon westwards. 31. For he taught his disciples, He meant to spend the time in the unin- terrupted teaching of his disciples, not merely the Twelve, but all who remained faithful. The end of his "work was near at hand, and he spent all his time in trying to prepare his followers for the eyents. And said - unto them, The Son of man is deliv- ered up into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he shall rise again. Christ had previously an- nounced his death to the disciples when they were at Caesarea Philippi (see 8:31), but here he adds one detail, i.e., that he would be delivered up to men, which means he would be betrayed by some one to his ene- mies, Such statements as this abso- lutely contradict any theory that makes the death of Christ an unex- pected accident in his life. Jesus knew it would take place, and, had he chosen, he could have avoided Inasmuch as this predicition was most wonder- fully fulfilled just when Jesus said it would 'be, we cannot escape the conclusion that he was what he claim- ed to be, and that he rose from the dead because God was satisfied with his work on the cross, and his own holiness prevented him from remain- ing in the power of death. Wanted Earthly Kingdom 32. But they understood not the spying, and were afraid to ask him. It was almost imposible to get the disciples to abandon their cherished dreams of an earthly kingdom. They still desired salvation without atone- ment. They were simply afraid to ask him because they guessed pretty well what it-meant. They did not want to be brought face to tace with the cross that lay ahead of him and the .Jssues it opened up for them. They understood enough of Christ's mean- ing to know that their hopes of an earthly kingdom were doomed . .. True Creatness 33. And they came to Caperna- um. Capernaum (Mark 1:21; 2:1) had ceased to be the centre of Christ's ministry, but it was a con- venient terminus to the northern journey and starting-point for a fresh field .of work in the south; and Simon's or Levi's house (Mark 1:29; 2:15) afforded a shelter there. And when he was in the-house he asked __ them, What! were ye reasoning on the way? 34. But they held their péace: for they had disputed one with an- other on the way, who was the greatest. What a comment on the hardness, and the selfishness, and the unspirituality, of the normal human heart to find these disciples quarreling among themselves con- cerning their own position "in the kingdom, when they should have been comforting the Lord Jesus as he ap- proaches death, offering him the wor- ship and adoration which were his due, and preparing their own hearts by drawing near to God for the ecri- sis, which, actually. they were afraid to face. 36. And he sat down, and called the twelve. Jesus sat down in Ori, ental fashion, his legs crossed be- neath him, and we assume that the Twelve, all of whom were symmon- ed, sat before him in the same way. This action indicates that Jesus is|' "about to convey rather important in- struction to the disciples. And he saith unto them, If any man would be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all. The rank -and stand- ing of a disciple with Jesus is deter- mined by the way he makes himself a minister of all, by the character and amount of vervice he renders to as many as possible. He corrects the false, earthly idea of greatness in the minds of the disputing disciples, by laying before them the true, spir- itual reality of greatness. This he prompts them to attain. And he prompts them mightily by showing that its atainment is posible for them all, Serving Others 36. And he took a Lttle child, and set him in the midst of them: and taking him in his arms, he sad unto them, 387. V/hoscever chall receive one of such litle childien in my name, receiveth me: snd + hesocver recciveth me, recciveth ret roo, 'n* A.C ) him thet sent me. Jesus impresses the leson by an ucted parable of pe- culiar beauty. To care for a little child or for one who, Lke a child, needs our sympathy, protection, and guidance, and help is really doing a great thing; so great, indeed, that to do so in the name of Christ, and for the sake of Christ is really to render "the service to.Christ. True great- ress, then, consists not in attaining rhe first place in the notice and praise of the world, not in being served by many, but in being willing to stoor down to a humble place, not for the sake of self-effacement, but in order to serve others for the sake of Christ. No doubt natural bene- volence has its blessings for those who exercise it; but that which is here spoken of is something much deeper than nature, and wins a far higher reward. Unselfish deeds in his name open the heart for more of Christ and God, and bring on the doer the blessing of closer commu- nion with the Lord." Virtue of Tolerance : 38. John said unto him, Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in thy name; and wa forbade him, be- cause he followed not us. A man who did not belong to the recognized company of disciples had been dis- covered by the disciples using Christ's name to cast out demons. It is a remarkable evidence of our Lord's influence that his name should be thought so powerful. The disciples reveal a contemptible spirit of intol- erance yhen they attempt to prevent the man from continuing in the gra- cious work he was undertaking for one single reason, because the man did not belong to their particular company. He was undoubtedly, as 'the text clearly indicates, a true fol- lower of the Lord Jesus. There are many men throughout Christendom who are not connected with any of great denominations of the Christian world to-day, who are doing a great work for the Lord Jesus Christ, In fact, there are some denominations in our country which will not recog- nize the Christian standing of mem- bere of other dencminations, and will not even allow them in their pulpits to preach, because they have not been "ordained in exactly the way they think ordination should be instituted. When Christians are of one faith, and one hope, and one doctrine, and have one Lord, none other than Jesus Christ, the Son of God, there is no reason why they should not encour- age one another and approve one an- other's work. 39. But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man who shall do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me. To test whether one is fit to perform. an act is the performance of the act. But here there was a further question involved, whether the man really belonged to the dis- ciples of Jesus, and so had a right to use the name that he had used in casting out the demons. That authoritative, unconditional {Forbid him not" ought long ago to erance and to have ended the temp- erance and to have ended ethe temp- tation to idolize "conformity" and to confound union to organized forms of the Christian community with union to Christ. But bigotry dies hard. Spiritual Quality of Acts 40. For he thas is not against us is for us," The ovposite law is given by our Lord in Matt. 12:30 and Luke 11:28. One, cannot be both for and against the same person at the same time. : 41, For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink, because ye are Christ's, verily 1 say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. See Matt. 10:42, Here Jesus explains what it means no¢ to be against him, and how such a man is already for him. A little test may reveal the way his heart inclines. Jesus sces the spiritual quality of the act, giving the drink for his sake. Boils Eggs Inside Radio How do you like your eggs? You can have them done on a high-frequen- cy short wave oscillator if you go to Norman Clark, of Brantford. The de- vice is a 3.7 meter affair and the egg is get inside a coil, where in 15 min- utes, it is "done" to within a shade of hard-boiled. Clark, a Brantford boy recently returned from the Washing: the U.S. Naval Air Force. New Type Truck Is Useful in Plane Accidents This is the first of the new, six-wheel trucks completed in Rockville Centre, L.I,, for use as "crash trucks" by The truck holds a crew of fifteen, makes fift { f y miles an hour, has a special crane, and holds ten carbon monoxide cylinders for use in smother-ing flames. : In Alberta, New Frontier Opens Up, One of Derricks and Drills "Mushroom" Communities -- Millions Invested. A new frontier is opening in Al- berta--different from pioneer days of the cattle mea and the homestead- er It i: a frontier of oi! derricks, dct- ted with a 15-mile front with "mush- room" communities und millions of dollars being invested in the search for "black gold." : Where but a few months ago cattle grazed, oil derricks, giant frames of steel and iron, shoot skywards while buge drills plunge into the earth, in many wells reaching a depth of more than a mile, It is the southern frontier in Tur- ner Valley, Canada's major oil de- velopment area cxtending far south of the old Discovery well which 'brought its first petroteum boomin 'Calgary in 1914, Picturesque towns, reminiscent of mining communities with their false- front stores, have been established and more will follow this spring. In the rolling foothills valley with a background of snow-capped Rock- ies, are the towns of Little New York and Little Chicago. Little Brook- lyn or perhaps a Tulsa--a name hasn't been decided on yet--is in the making but a short distance away. Surrounded by wells which last vear played a major part in Alberta's production of nesrly 3,000,000 bar- rels of oil valued at around $5,000,- 000, the "mushroom" towns are thriving. Prosperity is there. Few are unemployed. A little more than a year old, Lit- tle Chicago has a population of 2,000 and Little New York with 1,000, is growing fast, Southwest of Calgary They are law abidieg communities, Crimes are few and there is only one peliceman in the distrizt---a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Po- lice --who-is stationed at Turner Val- ley, pioneer valley town, 12 miles away. Little Chi~ag) has its lawyer with traditional *'law office" shingle hanging over his dcorway. Calgary's larger stores have estab- lished branches in the ofl towns, sell- ing at "city pries,"" and there are machine shops, movie theatres and community clubs. Inspired By Disney ton Technical School at Seattle, where he taught radio-physics, demonstrated the outfit here last week. He sald his youngsters Evelyn, five and, Norman, Jr,, 2% -- had their oes | cooked that way, top, on Easter morn- | ing. "Do you think this method will ever replace the old-fashioned sauce: | pan?" the experimenter was asked. | "Ne," he admitted frankly, © Hearing cries for help coming from a farmhouse at Gisay, near Bernay, Irance, police entered the house jand found a 12 year-old girl whose hands and feel weve chained. When her par ents were arreated they stated that thoy had chained Der to cure her of i heavy eating habits. \ | Another of the innumerable adapta- tions from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is Vicki Lester's "Snow White" coiifure. It was in- spired by the little heroine of Walt Disney's masterniece, and featme: two forelocks ro lcd rrder to con- form with soft « "her long hob f beauty shops, molern garages and New Towns Are Springing Up As Oil Industry Booms g In their wake the new towns have left a ghost town, Hartell, five miles to the north. It is practically de- serted today. It's stores and houses --on skids--have been moved to Lit- tle Chicago and Little New York. All this is but a short motor ride from Calgary, 46 miles to the south- west. Nationwide Hunt For Meteorites Smithsonian Institution Encour- ages Search For Valuable "Stones From Heaven" | "Stones from Heaven" may be worth more than "Pennies from Heaven," the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, D.C., said in request- ing a nation-wide scareh for metcor- ites. E. P. Henderson, of the museum's geology departmént, estimated that thousands of meteorites -- or frag- ments of shooting stars -- are scat. tered throughout the United States. Each meteorite, he said, would "bring a very good return for a day's work," although it wouldn't make the finder rich. : Henderson sald aclentists had to de- pend on the average citizen to find the "stones from heaven," because most "shooting stars" are high above the earth and usually appear to fall miles from their actual landing place. White-Hot Exterlor The best way to recognize a meteor- ite, Henderson sald, {8 by its extraor- dinary weight. Meteorites, often com- posed almost entirely of {iron and nickel, are among the heaviest of rocks, The star fragments do not always show signs of burning. The stones, although actually burned because of friction with alr, probably are cool enough to handle when they strike the carth, Henderson sald. He explained that a meteoroid is nearly at absolute zefo--270 degrees below zero Centigrade--when fit en- ters the earth's atmosphere. As the meteor plunges through the atmos- phere in a few seconds, the exterior becomes white-hot before the interior is heated above ordinary earth tem- peratures. Love of Flowers Strong in Briton German Writer Finds It One Of Most Distinctive National Traits Praising the Briton's love of flow- ers, Dr. Kurt von Stutterheim, the well known London correspondent of the "Berliner Tageblatt," draws inter- esting conclusions with regard to the British character. "It shows us how careful we must be in saying that the Briton is the greatest materialist in the world," he writes, "However calculating he may be, he spends enormous sums on 'use- less' flowers. "Where the German settles he plants a forest, the French settler makes a vegefable garden, but the Englishman a flower garden, so that the latter has come to be a symbol of British dominance." The Real British Season Comenting on the extraordinary pro- minence given by the press to "the first crocus' and similar signs of ap- proaching spring, Dr. von Stutterheim says: "Nobody can reproach the Briton for his enthusiasm. Spring is the real British scason and gpring flowers are Britain's most heautiful flowers, Di {fzrent Attitude to Nature "It ein, tn apite of all claims of the Scuth, is the land of flowers, "When the German strolls through forest and meadow, the Briton walks and works in his garden. His yearn- ing for his garden is the counterpart of the 'wanderlust' of the German peo- ple. Master of the wide world, the Bri- ton seeks his littlo garden while the German, within the narrow confines of his homeland, wants to feel the immensity of nature. "In this attitude to nature lies one of the greatest differences between the two peoples." La Solid Stone Trees A forest whose trees have been turned to solid stone has just been discovered in Northern Rhodesia. It was stumbled upon by Messrs -F. B. Macrae and Gordon Lancaster, both --_ y ME a well known for their archaeological work in South Africa. The forest is called by the natives Visiwa, from the name of the small river goar its site, which is about seventy-five miles to tre north of Fort' Jameson, in the Lundazi district. It is thought that the infiltration of lime and other mineral-bearing water has caused the wood to turn to stoge. The actual trees are small, their aver- age length being under two feet. A variety of, stone tools chipped from the forest show that in anclent times it was a regular toolshop for the na- tives, Adding Bées To Farm Live Stock One or two colonies of bees on the farm will prove a profitable and in- teresting sideline, Where alsike or white Dutch clover are grown, bees will gather enough honey to supply the household needs and a surplus for which ready sale can be found in the immediate neighborhood. Bees do not require a great deal of attention. During the months of April, May and June, when the colonies are building up for the main honey flow, which usually commences about the first of July, bees require only enough attention to see that stores are pres- ent and the queen has enough room for maximum brood production. July and August are the two buslest months for the beekeeper, A thor ough- weekly examination should be given in order to control swarming, and to provide supers for-the honey crop. Colonies headed by young pro- lific queens in the Fall and fed ample stores, will come through the Winter in good condition if well protected. For the beginner in bee-keeping, the purchase of an over-wintered colony from some reliable bee-keeper fs recpbmmended. This colony Is usually strong, has a young queen, and plenty of stores and requires less attention to prepare for the main flow. Start. ing with package bees requires some experience but once weH established will yfeld as much as over-wintered colonies. A Handwriting Analysis Will Help To Solve Your Problems! By LAWRENCE HIBBERT (Psychologist and Handwriting Analyst) Most of the problems that are raised in my daily mallbag are representative of the problems of many of my read- ers, and I am dealing with one or two individual cases in this article. YOUR problem may be similar and perhaps my answers will help you to dissolve your worries. Miss L. G. writes: "I am a steno- grapher, just over 20 ycars of age, and am considered good-looking. 1 find it easy to acquire boy friends, but they do not last! Is there any- thing in my writing which shows what i8 wrong with me that I cannot hold a boy friend very long?" Yes, Miss L. G., one characteristic stands out llke a lighthouse. You are sarcastic. You probably do not realize that this is so; it {8 one of the traits that people seldom realize they poss ess, but it is a very Irritating one. You say clever, but cutting, things about people. This is a habit that an be checked and overcome. Watch yourself; weigh up what you say and then put yourself in the other person's place, asking yourself, "How would 1 like it?" In time you will find that you have lost the habit--and then you will keep your boy friends. Mrs. E. C. writes: "I am a young widow, living in a district where there are no eligible men. Through a correspondence club I becamo ac- quainted with two men, but have not met either one yet. I prefer the man who wrote specimen A. but would like your frank opinion of these two men, both of whom wish to marry me." ! Your instinct is right, Mrs. E. d- The writer of specimen A. is much more suitable than your other cor- respondent, and when I compare your character, as shown by your hand- writing, with his, I cannot help but remark how much you have in com- mon. He is a little more easy-going than you are and is probably a trifle careless about money; he is not a spendthrift by any means, but may allow himself to he imposed upon by friends. Your own character would be something of a brake. Have YOU any problems? Would you like to know what YOUR hand- writing shows about YOUR character? And have you a sweetheart, friends or relatives you'd like to know the real truth about? Send specimens of the writings you wish analysed, enclosing 10c for EACH specimen. Enclose with stamped addressed envelope to: Law- rence Hibbert, Room 421, 73 West Ade- laide 8t., Toronto, Ont, What They Looked Like After the Election Et - ~~ Ae There were many casualties in the Egyptian elections. Wafdist (Nahas party) deputy from receiving rough treatment following an electoral speech, On the right is Hon, Mohammed Bassiouny, president of the Senate, { Here you see the amictte, bandaged heavily after EL Instrument Swiftly Detects Impurities Water and Solutions; Electrical e Seen as Valuable In Che- mistry, Crime Detection Magle discovered in drops of mer. cury Is used to make a new scientifie instrument of detection -- for chemis- try and potentially for crime detection -- which was described to the Amer ican Chemical Society meeting at Dal. las, Texas. This "magic" in mercury is the ab- ility of tiny drops, smaller than a pin head, to pick up electricity, The drops are allowed to fall, like a string of beads, into any liquid that chemists wish to test. Because mercury does not mix with liquids, the drops fall to the bottom, and make a little, flat pool there. A wire {8 connected to this pool of mer- cury, Over the wire flows any elec. tricity the mercury droplets have picked up during their fall through the liquid. Now comes the magical part -- re- ported by Prof. I. M. Kolthoff of the University of Minnesota and Dr. Otto H. Muller of Stanford University. The amount of electricity which the little droplets pick up reveals the impurities and taints, "clues" in the solution, How Much of Each Kind The volume of current tells whether these are iron, lead, calcium, magnes- lum or other impurities in the city's drinking wat r, It tells not only whe- ther one is there, but tattles on all of them. The amount of electricity given up is different for each substance. It oven gives an {dea of about how much of each kind of impurity there is. It does the same in any kind of liquid. That makes It a new testing scribed as quick, cheap, accurate and useful for scores of different critieal tests. Botanist Shows Why Sap Flows Upwards Thousands of gallons of moisture are on their way up the trunks of trees and will continue flowing up- wards as long as the growing season continues. . What makes the sap flow upwards? McGill University botanists explained last week that it is "root pressure" which drives the sap upwards in the spring but when the leaves come out another force comes into play. This force 18 known as transpiration pull, It is created through the action of leaves evaporating moisture. Other mechanical factors, such as capillarity "| and cohesion, come into play when the sap runs. ® Much Water Required New attention has been focussed on the theory of "root pressure" as a1. explanation for ip travelling up- wards, through scientific experiments carried out recentl.. By the use of special instruments it has been found that this root pressure will withstand g force of 90 pounds per square inch, ven against this pressure roots wlll continue sending forth sap. 3 pressure bas been estimated as suff)- cient to drive sap up fo the tops of the tallest trees. Some idea of the tremendous amounts of water utilized by plants Ty be gained hen It is realized that a single corn plant evaporates a hogshead of water during Its growing seagon. Each large tree requires n.any barrels. Finless Salmon Lucky Anglers Can Collect $1.00 If They Catch One Thousands of Atlantic salmon are swimming in Maritime waters marked with a price tag of one dollar each. The Dominion Government wlll pay the dollar to anyone catching them. "'g part of a scientific plan to gath- er accurate data on the migration ot salmon, their travel routes and other characteristics. The salmon were 'liberated by Doe minion hatcheries in New Brunswick and Nova Scotin streams as fingor- lin [Sach had certain fins missing a painless operation, so the Depart. ment of Fisheries says. Different sels of fing were snipped off, some fish losing the adipose or back fin and the right pectoral, or the fin from the right side of the body. Other finger lings lost the adipose and left pee- toral.and still others, one of the ven. trals, the fins on the underside of the body. } Whenever a fisherman catches one of the finless salmon, he may collect his dollar by telling how and where he landed it and sending to the De- partment of Fisheries about three dozen scales from the left middle side of the fish and enough «kin to show the scars left by removal of the fins, The department hopes to gather specific information on three points the area frequented by salmon when they go to sea from different streams in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, what proportion of salmon re- turn to the same stream when they come back from the sea and what pro- portion of salm uu from a river where the fish are of the early run variety will retain this migratory feature if distributed in a late run river as fin. gorlings, ~ instrument for chemists. 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