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Ar - 4 LESSON: XI Facing the Supreme Test of Ser- vice--Mark 14: 32.46. Golden Text--Not what I will, but what thou wilt. Mark 14: 36. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Fime, -- Evening of Thursday, April 6, A.D, 30. Place.--The Garden of Geth- t semane at the base of the western slope of the Mount of Olives, The agony of Christ in Geth- semane is also recorded in Matt. 26: 36-46, and in Luke 22: 40-46. Between verses 25 and 32 of our chapter must be inserted all the teaching of Christ recorded in John 15, 16 and 17. These won- derful discourses were given on Tharsday night of Passion Week. 32. And they come unto =a place. The literal translation of the Greek, as the margin tells us, would read "an enclosed picee of ground." Which was named Geth- semane. The word "Gethsemane" meuns oilpress, which would imply that this garden was localed in an olive grove in the midst ¢f which was a press for obtaining ¢live- oil. It was on the eastern side of the brook Kidron, at tha base of the Mount of Olives. As John re- minds us, it had been a favorite resort of Jesus. The Lord now leaves eight of the disciples on the outer edge of the garden, while he takes what i= known as the innermost circle -- ofthe apostolic group with him deeper into the garden itself. Bearing It Alone 33. And he taketh with him Peter and James and John. These are the ones whom the Lord took with him up on the mountain where he was transfigured. And began to be greatly amazed. The word here translated "greatly amazed" means to be thoroughly alarmed, or even to be terrified. And sore troubled. The verb in- dicates a distress which follows a great' shock. The weight of the world's sin was here being borne by him alone 34. And he saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death: abide ye here, and watch. This phrase is also found in Matthew's account. The word here translated "exceeding sor- rowful" means surrounded with grief or sorrow on every hond. We speak of "the Gethsemane agony," and in Luke's account of Christ's experience in Gethsemana we have the very Greek word agonia (1 uke 22: 44) from which our word "agony" comes. 35. And he went forward a lit- tle. Our Lord in seeking solitude on the last night of his life on earth immediately preceding his crucifixion first departed from the noisy, crowded city with his eleven disciples to go out to a quiet gar- den spot on a lovely hillside; now to be absolutely along with God, he separates himself from even this inner group of three. And fell-ta the ground. To fall on the ground is an indication of utter prostration before God. And prayed. While the Lord always was in communion with God and always one with him, yet there were definite times in his life, undoubtedly definite: times in every day of his life when he prayed to God, i.e., when he spoke to him definitely about specific needs, either of his own or of others. That, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him. Of course the Lord Jesus means by "the hour" the entire period beginning now with his agony in Gethsemane and termin- ating with his death on the cross, the entire time of "his suffering and. anguish. The Bitter Cup . 36. And he said, Abba, Father. The word abba is the Aramaic word meaning "father," and both words were often used freely in prayers to God. All things are possible unto thee; remove this cup from me. This petition of Christ was not a command. Jesus did not ask anything that would in the slightest way contradict the Father's will. He does ask that the cup be taken from him if pos-. sible. On the othey; hand, he does not want the cup to be taken away if God wills it otherwise.® What - Jesus prayed to be delivered from in 'Gethseniane, was not death as a sacrifice voluntarily offered for the salvation of mankind; but this possible element in his death as a sacrifice, the hiding of the Fath-. er's face, and the withdrawing of his Father's hand from him. How- beit not. what I will, but what thou wilt, It is the human will of Jesus that here speaks. The agony in Gethsemane will always bear an element of mystery for us, because of the mystery in the union of Christ's two natures. 37. And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and sath unto Pet- er, Simon, sleepest thou? couidest thou not watch one hour? A-C 38. Watch and pray, that ye en- ter not into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak, The spirit and the flesh denote the two extremes of hu- man nature, "spirit" being the highest word used ta describe the spiritual part of man, our "flesh" being used to denote everything that belongs to the lower nature. Jesus is not pleading this as an excuse for his disciples' sleepful- ness, but as a reason why they should watch and pray, The spirit is eager, ready to stand by me even to death, as you have just shown in your protestations; but the flesh is weak, the lower na- ture fears death and danger, and exposes you to temptation. Prayer Without Ceasing 39, And again he went away, and prayed, saying the same words. 40. And again he came, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they knew not what to answer him. Our Lord himself is the perfect example of persistent prayer, of praying without ceasing, 41, And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest, It is enough, We do not quite know whether this means that they had slept_enough, or whether the Lord had prayed enough; probably the reference is to the latter. He prayed. until he got his answer. The hour is come. The Bétrayal Behold the Son of man is be- ~ trayed into the hands of sinners. It is one thing for a criminal to be betrayed into the hands of those who keep the law and pre- tend to enforce righteousness; but it is the very opposite for the righteous One to be betrayed into the hands of lawless men. 42. Arise, let us be going; be- hold, he that betrayeth me is at hand. Now behold the glorious conqueror! He emerges from the horrible conflict in Gethsemane as if steeled both' in body and soul. His whole bearing breathes self-possession, manliness, and sublime composure, 43. And straightway, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a multi- tude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. Judas in this verse would seem to indicate that he was the leader of this crowd. The Arrest 44. Now he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he; take him, and lead him away safely. In the confusion there was the possibility of escape, and there was a desire to make every- thing sure. This sign was the or- dinary form of salute. : 45. And when he was come, . straightway he came to him, and saith, Rabbi; and kissed him. 46. "And they laid hands on him, and took him. ! World's Largest Canine Is Dead . Claimed to be the largest dog in the world, Yocub, a St. Bernard, has been killed by kindness. He was "loved to death" at a Dayton, Ohio, dog show, where he was petted so much that he diéd in his * master's car on the way home af- ter the show. . " Yocub measured 7 ft., 2 ins., from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail, weighing nearly 252 pounds, and stood 38 ft. 1 in, high at the shoulder. His head was 18% inches from ear to ear. Was Once a King Crown Prince Michael is now heir to the throne of Roumania. The bemedalled youth will be 17 in October, : The position of - The Duchess of Gloucester opened a - Eo ae Mr ---- -.------- i Duchess Is Guest at a Ga i Se ai Improvement Society to replace slum dwellings. The estate consists of blessed the last two blocks of flats which Somplated the estate. _ forty children at the top of one of the new member of the nursery, Nursery Tea new garden estate at Somers Town built by the St. Pancras House 230 flats and the Bishop of Oxford The Duchess visited the nursery school for - locks, and the picture shows her receiving tea from a tiny By VIRGINIA DALE 3} Andrea Leeds has been stepping right along, since she did so well in a minor role in 'Stage Door." She went on to do well in "Gold- wyn Follies," is working now in the picture "Letter of Introduction," and will play opposite Joel McCrea in a picture called, so far, "Youth Takes A Fling." Which all goes to show that she was right when she refused to go on as just one more contract play- er. She felt that she wasn't getting Andrea Leeds anywhere, you'll remember, and got out of her contract, and all Holly- ' wood had said she was crazy, as she had just one performance to her credit at that time. \ And then -- "Stage Door" and all the opportunity in the world! The "Lone Ranger" craze is now growing every day. The actor who plays the "Ranger" in the screen serial may - go on a personal ap- . pearance. tour. National Broadcast. ing company has arranged for the transcription rights of the radio program for the South, Canada and Australia. -- at present it's heard "on a 42-station tie-up three times a week, There's talk of a circus stunt and of a cartoon stap for the newspapers. And the country will be flooded with books; cowboy suits and chewing gum, and sweaters, and all the other merchandise that can be used in profitable tie-ups. Charlie Chaplain's latest discov- ery, Dorothy Cummingore, has been given a contract by Warner: Bro- thers, and you'll see her first in "Three Girls on Broadway." Bing Crosby can continue with his present radio sponsors for ten years if he wants to. It's said the adver- tising agency invol- i ved would like him to. sign an agree. ment for that length of time, with the us- ual, year to year op- fitions. His present # contract still has 8 'months to run, Of dif the Hollywood folks who have gone Bing Crosby yy, the air, Bing has been the most suc: cesgful and shows no sign of dimin: ishing popularity. The picture business being a bit slow at the moment, picture stars are doing quite a bit of vacationing -- Miriam Hopkins and her hus- band, Anatole Litvak, the director, are at her charming little house in New York, Fredric March expected to have to cut his New York vaca- tion short, and then got word that he might stay on indefinitely, Ma- deleine Carroll and Wendy Barrle are among the toasts of New York. Benny 'Goodman recently gave his second concert in Boston, be- fore a packed house; as in Carne- gle Hall, in New York, the first things anybody knew the younger set in the 'crowd was out in the aisles beginning to "shag." An ush- er hurried forward to stop them, whereupon a conservative looking, middle-aged gentleman stopped the usher, Seems he'd decided to learn the "shag" and thought that was as good a place as any to begin, ODDS AND END3 -- Paul Muni seems to be all set to do "The Life of William Tell" ..... When Frank Lloyd directs "It I Were King," with Ronald Colman, Frank's own daughter, Alma, will play "Colette" -- Joe Penner's new picture, "Go Chase Yourself," is his. best ono yet .... Walt Disney divided $50,- 000 among the people who helped him make "Snow White" -- Max Baer is coaching Robert Taylor for "Knock Out" ... The objection to Shirley Temple's making personal appearances has been that she was too young to appear behind the - footlights ...... But Mary Pickford began when she was five, and fit didn't seem to hurt her any ...... In "Four Men and a Prayer" you'll see Richard Greene, recently arriv- ed from England, who, it is said, will be groomed Now {it's announced - that Maude Adams' movie tests were so suc. cessful that she will not appear in "The Young in Heart," but in a production giving more scope to her talents. Carefree Furnace Needs No Stoking For jaded furnace stokers, science offers today a permanent vacation. Details of a coal burning heat- ing plant that operates for a year without stoking, "damper settings or ash removing were disclosed last week by the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research. } This vacation from furnace tending was explained by E. T. Selig, Jr., industrial fellow at the institute, who aided in the devel- opment of the unit. "Carefree heating," he said, "is- obtained by using Pennsylvania anthracite coal, usually of buck- wheat or rice size, which is con- veyed" from coal bin to the fire through a small conveyor tube. Completely Automatic "After the anthracite is burned .. the -ash falls by gravity over the edge 'of the burner into a dust- tight storage pit beneath' the floor, which is large enough to provide for several months' to a Jear's operation. The entire sys- tem is controlled by room thermo- stat and is completely automatic in operation." The size of the ash pit varies with the heating unit. However, . Selig's charts show that a furnace burning seven tons of coal during 4 winter will need a pit approxi- mately five feet deep and four feet wide. For those who don't want even the task of shoveling out the pit once a year, a specially designed can nray be placed in the pit to . receive the ashes. It is removed through a tran daar, for stardom ..... ; Women Blamed For Depression Toronto Professor Urges Them To Wear More, Stop Reducing Take it from Prof. Norman W. DeWitt, of Victoria College, Toron- to, one of the malin reasons for the depression was because wome wanted to weigh less and wear toss Prof. DeWitt told a service club in an address that every time a woman tried to reduce a pound, threw away a petticoat or cut an- other inch from a skirt length she depressed the market in food and dress stuffs. "There are in America some 26, 000,000 women who have reducing In mind," he said. "If each of these women lessens her food consump tion two pounds a week, there is a direct loss in food sale of 52,000, 000 pounds. Along with thls cause we must place the reduction in the amount of clothing worn by women with an amazing reduction in the total yardage "fn women's wear goods. No wonder we had a de- pression." } = Big Ben Revered By Whole Nation Old London's Famous Bell Is A Household Name--Weighs Thirteen Tons mt 7 Everybody who visits Old Lon- don from distant places feels that he has missed something if he re- turns home without hearing "Big Ben," the bell of the clock in the tower of the parliament buildings at Westminster, says the Toronto Star Weekly. In British countries and in many other lands Big Ben is a household name. The special broadcasts by the King have been featured by the sound of the toll- ing of Big Ben which has been carried by means of radio to the ends of the earth, Seven Feet High Big Ben tolls out the hours of the day and night. It weighs more than thirteen tons and stands more than seven feet high, It was made in Whitechapel and its re- moval to Westminster was made a great occasion. Sixteen horses were used to draw it on a truck through the streets of the metro- polis. Multitudes of people gath- ered from near and far to see it go by surmounted by a Union Jack. Wound Twice a Week Four quarter-hour bells are as- sociated with Big Ben. Together they cost $30,000. The clock cost $20,000, and. the clock chamber and clock faces $60,000. For many years the clock was wound by hand, a_ procedure requiring five hours. Now two men climb into the tower twice a week and wind it by moto» in half an hour. When the bell needed repairs shortly after it was installed a group of members of parliament objected to the noise of Big Ben as a serious inconvenience to which the House had been sub- jected for the benefit of people living in the county of Middle- sex. They proposed that it should not be permitted to toll again. Such is the reverence with which Big Ben is regarded today, almost as a prized institution, that the people might sweep out of office a government that proposed to silence the great bell. Supersti- tious persons might feel that such a development would be an omen of doom to the empire. It is claimed that mankind and probably womankind will be en- tively bald by the year 2500, due to our custom of cutting the hair. There is only one scaly-backed ant-eater in captivity, called the African Pangolin, and it is in the London Zoo. Symbol of His Country's Spirit and Strength i _Symbolizing the spirit of his country, this Czech infantfyman is getting ready to toss a nine-second hand grenade, during manocuvres of the army at Eger. CHARACTER FROM HANDWRITING More Secrets From My Mailbag ! By LAWRENCE HIBBER (Graphologist and Psychologist I Mrs, "Perplexed" writes. "I am in my early thirties and have been worried for some time because my husband is neglectful. He is cool towards me and I'm sure no longer loves me. Recently I met a widow- er who thinks a lot of me and I am afraid I have become very attached to him. I am wondering ----" I am glad that you sent specl- mens of all three handwritings. Be- ware of your widower friend, You say you do not know much about lim, and judging from his writing I am sure that you do not! Or you would not want to know him any longer! Ie is not to he trusted, Your. husband's writing suggests that he is worrying about some- thing; perhaps he is worrying about YOU? Certainly he seems a straightforward sort of man. Now YOUR writing shows that you have a liking for novelty, gajety and ac- tion. You are inclined ta bo flight- ty and, do you mind it I add, flir- ~~ i tacious? A girl of 19 writes: "I am In love with a man, aged 28, who wants us to get married, Am [I too young?" , I see nothing in either of your writings to make me discourage you. On the contrary I think you are.-well suited. The age difference is not an insuperable barrier. It you are sure you love him, and fin. antes are satisfactory, go ahead, and good luck, Do YOU wish to know what your handwriting reveals of your char acter and disposition? Have you a sweetheart or friends about whom you would like to learn more? Send specimens of the handWritings you want analysed, enclosing 10c for EACH specimen. Send with stamp- ed addressed envelope to: L. Hib- bert, Room 421, 73 West Adelaide Et, Toronto, Ontario. All letters are confidential, Experiments Show + Value Of Silage Costs Are Revealed In Tests In many districts the value of silage 'is being questioned, es. pecially where .corn cannot be' grown with any measure of suc- cess, The results of an experi-' ment conducted at 'the Dominion Experimental Station at Kapus- kasing, Ontario, threw consider- ablo light on the subject. For five winters two groups of cows each ranging from five to nine animals, were fed rations which were bal- anced and which supplied as near- ly as possible the same nutrients to each group. One ration includ- ed silage while the other did not, this being the only difference in the feeds used. No roots were fed. The results when averaged for the five years show the pro- duction per cow per day to be: Cows fed silage, 23.3 pounds of milk and .92 pounds of butter fat; cows not fed silage, 23.2 pounds of milk and .93 pounds of butter fat. One-Third As Expensive Differences such as these are too small to mean anything from a practical standpoint, especially as the cows not fed silage ap- peared. to maintain their health, condition and weight, if anything a little better than those receiving it. This experiment shows that silage is not an essential in the milk cow's ration. When the rations were ap- praised-on a basis of cost, it was found that silage could not be valued at more than one-third the value of hay without raising the cost of the ration. In other words, if hay costs $12.00 a ton to pro- "duce, silage to be fed without in- creasing the cost of the ration, should not cost more than $4.00 a ton. ) Raises Production Costs Data gathered over a period of twelve years at this station shows that when all items are included, hay has cost $10.65 a ton to pro- duce as against $6.87 for oats and peas silage and $4.96 a ton for sunflower silage. At these figures the use of silage will raise tho cost of milk production in Kapus- kasing district and other districts where conditions are somewhat similar, Make Rats Lose Sense of Smell By Use of Zinc Sulphate-- Compound Was Given to Canadian Children Last Year In War Upon Polio. OTTAWA.--Rats given a few drops of zinc sulphate solution-- similar to the means used in On- tario last summer to combat the infantile paralysis epidemic--Ilost their sense of smell, the Royal Society of Canada was informed in a paper prepared by Dr. Carl G. Smith of the University of To- ronto anatomy department and tabled by Dr. E. Horne Craigle of the University of Toronto bio- logical department. The zinc sulphate was intro- duced into nasal cavities of the rats and destroyed the pRNSOTY lining of these cavities. Used In Paralysis Treatment It was found the damaged lin- ing was eventually replaced by a layer from which the sensory cells are absent and a permanent loss of the olfactory nerve fibres and atrophy of the regions of the brain where the end was brought about, resultiig in loss of smell. Dr. Smith's experiments wero confined to rats and have not been applied specifically to humans pending completion of data for treatment of infantile paralysis being collected by the Ontario De- partment of Health, There was no mention in the paper of the zine sulphate treat- ment given thousands of Ontario children last summer. One high medical authority said informally arge number of factors had to re taken into consideration in es- imating whether the zinc sul- phate had the same effect on them. Blind Eat By Braille Probably the only restaurant in the world that makes a specialty of providing meals for the blind is one in Budapest, The idea first started when th owner of a small restauraiit had the bright idea of printing his menu in Braille, Rather than have the hoje bil of fare read to then, bln, cus. tomers prefer to read it for them selves. This restaurant being the only place where they can do so, it enjoys a flourishing business, thanks to the proprietor's original idea. Great Britain has more horse races of importance than the rest of the world put together, and as: many as possible of these are broadcast, yf Immo eA Rs Ey a 2 Sl Gd Si