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sunday school lesson lesson xi a nation needs religious homes deuteronomy 6 19 11 18 23 printed text deuteronomy 64 5 11 1825 gulden text train up a child in the way he should go and even when he is old he will not depart from it lrov 22 g the lesson in its setting place all the early chapters of deuteronomy record discourses given by moses on the east side of the jor dan river where the israelites were encamped in what are known as the plains of moab see deut 1 1 time bc 1459 hear 0 israel jehovah our god is one jehovah and thou shalt love jehovah thy god with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might there is hardly a greater passage in all the old testa ment than this recognized by the jews as the great commandment in the law the first of all command ments and called by the lord jesus himself the great and first com mandment matt 22 3g 37 mark 12 29 luke 10 27 therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul solomon well said keep thy heart with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life prov 4 23 our lord said that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speakcth the good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things matt 12 35 if we lay up the words of god in our heart and soul then the fountain of our life will be holy for the word of god is holy our heart will be right for the word of god is right 119 75 authorized version as david himself said thy word have 1 laid up in my heart that i might not sin against thee ps 119 11 bles sed are they that are perfect in the way who walk in the law of jeho vah blessed are they that keep his testimonies that seek him with the whole heart ps 119 12 arm and forehead and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes the jews took these verses quite literally the passages ex 13 1 10 deut u 49 11 1321 were written on parchment rolls and plac- cl in cases so that they could bo bound on the arm and forehead dur ing morning prayer these were called phylacteries the phylactery was a leather box cubeshaped closed by an attached flap and bound to the person by a leather band it was bound to the inner side of the left arm and near the elbow so that with the bending of the arm it would rest over the heart the end of the string or band firmly wound rround the middle finger of the hand as a sign upon thy hand they were to be worn by every male over 13 years of age at the time of morning prayer except on sabbaths and fes tal days such days being in them selves sufficient reminders of the laws of god see matt 23 5 the phylactery for the forehead was bound on after the one bound upon the arm the typical significance of all of this was that the hand should do nothing contrary to the law of god and the mind should never contemplate any thing excrt at was in vl with the 1- a i tucin ycur children of them when thou sittest in thy house and when thcu walkest by the way and when thou liest down and when thou riscst up as the family is the most intimato bond of fellowship among men it is of the utmost importance that it should be hallowed by religion all the relations of parents childien and domestics arc purified and arc strengthened when the whole house hold is statedly assembled morning and evening for the worship of god the character of the church and of the state depends on the character of the family if religion dies out in the family it cannot elsewhere be maintained a mans responibility to his children as well as to god binds him to make his house a bethel if not a bethel it will be a dwelling place of evil spirits significance of home we hear a great deal these days about the loss in modern life of a real appreciation of the value and significance of home the toil of every day and attendance at school keep the members of our modern home apart through the day attend ance at the movies or driving out in our automobiles in the evening more and more is depriving our children of the privileges of fellowship with their parents at home what we need today for the strengthening of the church for keeping our children from ultimate disaster as far as we are able for building up a mighty wall against the waves of atheism that are coming to us with increas ing force for saving our nation from an ttter dissolution of moral integ rity and uprightness is a return to the sacred precepts here laid down by god himself regarding the teach ing concerning god and the word of god at the hcarthside of our own homes nothing can ever take the place of this and thou shalt write them upon the doorposts of thy house and upon thy gates the word here translated doorposts is in the hebrew the word mezuzah and this very word is the name of the little case or glass tube which is nailed to the doorposts of the house and in which a piece of parchment is folded on which is inscribed on one side the verses found in deut g 4 9 and 11 1321 and on the other the name for god shaddai on leaving or entering the house a pious jew touches the mezuzah with his finger and puts the finger to his lips repeating she words of ps 121 8 that your days may be multiplied and the days of your children in the land which jehovah sware unto your fathers to give them as the days of the heavens above the earth for if ye shall diligently keep all this com mandment which i command you to do it to love jehovah your god to walk in all his ways and to cleave unto him then will jehovah drive out all these nations from before you and ye shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than your selves to fulfill this promise to israel god promises that he himself will drive out the nations possessing the country which no intends israel to have israels tragedy every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall b yours from the wilderness and lebanon from the river the river euphrates even unto the hinder sea shall be your bolder there shall no man be able to stand before you jehovah your god shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon as he hath spoken unto you if the israelites would be faithful to god god would faithfully fulfill his prom ise to them and no power on earth would ever be able to keep the israel ites from the blessings which were in the heart of god to bestow upon them the grert tragedy was that israel did not keep these command ments and consequently she never fully subdued the pagan and idolat rous people whom she found inhabit ing palestine upon her entrance into that land under joshua sir eric drummond becomes an earl rides 2300 miles in taxi cost 115 pittsfield 111 tired but hap py mrs edith royalty was back home today after a 2300milo taxi trip to annapolis md the fare was 115 i had a wonderful time mrs royalty a pike county school teach er said as she stepped from the cab in front of her home here last night george sicfers president of the company drove the cab himself be cause ive been wanting a vacation all summer do you mind if i take my wife along sicfers asked his chief fare at the start of the trip not at all mrs royalty replied so the siefcrs mrs royalty and her son bryce set out in the new sedan after stopping at cleveland gettysburg pa and washington d c the party drove to annapolis where mrs royalty picked up her son boycc a naval academy student the five returned to pittsfield after visiting at ciddletown pa and get tysburg ohio mrs royalty said she dectded on the taxi jaunt because i thought thi3 was the safest way another city is bothered by noise london ont city health auth orities here arc not prepared to say whether they will go as far as ham ilton board of health did in pass ing an antinoise bylaw which will make that city the quietest in the do minion of canada we have had complaints many times and i have been studying the possibility of a bylaw to prevent noises which might be described ts health menaces dr c a harris medical health officer said newspaper boys barking dogs cackling hens automobile radios and blowing of motor horns all come un der new restrictions in hamilton as well as milk wagons charles mitchell chairman of the board of health said he had given little thought to this matter but felt that the moh would bo prepared to recommend some restrictions which would eliminate any complaint london sir eric drummond british ambassador to italy and the first secretarygeneral to the league of nations has succeeded to the earldom of perth the 300yearold title passed to sir eric as the 16th earl on the death of his halfbrother william huntley drummond 15th carl at rouen france the latter was 66 a trained diplomat sir eric prov- ed his ability in key positions dur ing two of the most serious crises since the war hhe was secretary of the league during the japanese invasion of manchuria in 1933 and ambassador at rome during the italian conquest of ethiopia he resigned the league post after the leagues failure in the sino- japanese dispute and resumed ks career in the british dilomatic ser vice bcng immediately appointed to the embassy at rome he was knighted in 1916 there are people in every commun ity that would get a monopoly on air if they could dreams house afire finds real smoke north finchley eng vivid dream that her home was on fire awakened 13yearold peggy harris of huttongrove north finchlcy she saw smoke pouring into the room her dream was real peggy raised the alarm and her parents and 80yearold grandfather were able to escape in a few min utes the stairs would have collapsed three rooms were burned out the blaze was in a room only a few feet away from where peggys grandfather leonard harris was sleeping she roused him first then called her mother and father all ran out into the street in their night clothes with coats hurriedly flung over them but leonard harris returned to try to save some papers and receiv ed burns to the face and hands i ran to awaken the others her father said it was certainly a lucky dream peggy and her grandfather might easily have been seriously injured wrote self letters to avoid worrj winnipeg a methodical que bee grandmother faced with the prob lem of keeping check on her twi grandchildren traveling from quebe to los angeles alone found a worry proof answer before they took the train she de vised a method of knowing how th children are faring almost daily shi wrote herself a number of stampec letters with three blank spaces to b filled by the travellers aid at eacl city a statement by the ontario of health on u infantile paralysis in view of the prevalence of infantile paralysis in ontario at the present time and in recognition of the deep concern felt by parents over the protection of their children the provincial department of health is issuing the following state- sg ment concerning the nature of the disease and the question of what can be done to reduce the danger of infertion nature of the disease like measles and scarlet fever infantile paralysis is a communicable or catching disease like them also it is mainly a disease of childhood yet the term infantile is apt to be misleading while it is true that the majority of cases occur among children under ten years of age the disease docs occur especially in rural districts among older children and young adults the term paralysis is likewise misleading since it con veys the impression that some loss of muscular function is characteristic of every case of the disease this is not true it is now known that only a small proportion of those who contract the disease actually develop paralysis since the disease is not limited to infants and since paralysis does not occur in all cases the name infantile paralysis is now regarded as a misnomer the correct name for the disease is poliomyelitis which simply means acute inflammation ids of the grey matter polio of special portions of the spinal cord which control movement of the muscles this inflammation is believed to be due to a special sort of infection which probably gains entrance to the ner vous system through the upper part of the nose and throat cause of the disease poliomyelitis has been definitely recognized as a com municable disease since 1909 when investigators succeeded in securing from humans ill with the disease a minute living substance called a virus which was found to be capable of producing poliomyelitis in monkeys much remains to be discovered about the nature of this virus but a good deal has already been learned in size it has been found to be less than one millionth of an inch in diameter the virus is present in the nervous tissue of humans who have died from the disease it fs also found in the nose and throat not only of persons ill with the disease but also of persons who have been in contact with the disease how the disease spreads the exact manner in which the disease is transmitted from one person to another is not known however the disease does not arise spontaneously the source of infection is a human being who is carrying the virus such a person need not necessarily be suffering from the disease yet the mere presence of the virus in the nose and throat affords ample opportunity for spread of infection in such cases minute particles are given off by coughing sneezing and talking fingers are constantly being carried to and from the mouth and nose and in this way articles such as improperly washed eating and drinking utensils common towels childrens toys etc may become contaminated any set of circumstances which pcrmila the fre quent and rapid transfer of nose and throat secretions from one person to another increases the possibility of infection there is no evidence that flics or other insects play an important part in the spread of poliomyelitis chlorination of municipal water supplies as now prac tised and the proper pasteurization of milk have eliminated water and milk as possible sources of infection signs and symptoms of the disease the early symptoms of poliomyelitis are neither constant nor regular in their appearance but certain of them arc sufficiently suggestive to warrant the summoning of the family physician the onset is usually sudden with rapidly rising temperature fluctuating between 101103 degrees headache is another common symptom the young child is apt to appear irritable and cries easily when dis turbed the patient is usually willing to stay in bed appears dtowsy and takes little interest in bis surroundings vomiting is fairly characteristic constipation is often present whereas diarrhoea is unusual food is refused often the characteristic symptoms of cold or sore throat are present soreness in the muscles of the back and stiffness and pain in the joints of the arms and legs may occur in many cases of poliomyelitis the condition does not go beyond this stage and terminates after four to ten days illness however in other cases the disease proceeds into a second stage in which the elevation of temperature and rapid pulse are accompanied by marked irritability and drowsiness the patient becomes mentally disturbed and takes on an anxious frightened expression sleep may be disturbed by twitching and the hands may shake and tremble the following specific signs are of particular importance stiffness of the spine the head may be bent on the neck but efforts to bend the neck on the shoulders cause pain and are resisted the child is unable while sitting up in bed to bend his head down to touch the knees if he bends at all it is at the hips with the back held rigid peculiar sitting posture when he sits up he props himself behind with extended arms supporting a tender or painful spine preventive measures the precautionary measure of first importance is to pro tect the child from contact with infection since other human beings are the primary source of infection then children who are evidently much more susceptible than adults should be protected as far as is reasonably possible from contact with people keep your child in your own yard is a wise pre caution in crowded stores street cars motion picture theatres bathing pools picnics in fact in any set ting where there is a large number of people the chances of exposure to possible infection are tremend ously increased of equal importance for the protection of children is the prompt calling of a physician if the child shows the indications of illness described above convalescent serum medical opinion is divided concerning the effectiveness of the socalled convalescent serum in poliomyelitis in the absence of conclusive evidence the department is con tinuing to supply this serum to physicians on request owing to the limited supply available its use must of necessity be limited to cases suffering an attack of the disease nasal spray based ou the assumption that the virus enters the body through the upper part of the nose attempts are being made to prevent its entrance by spraying the nasal passages with certain chemicals since this method is still entirely in the experimental stage it is not one which can be recommended for general use precautions in the care of those 111 when a diagnosis of poliomyelitis has been made the padent must be isolated for a period of at least three weeks since other members of the family are likely to be carriers of the virus the protection of the community requires that they be quarantined until the danger of further spread has been eliminated care should be taken to sec that articles which may have become contaminated by the padent are disinfected or burned special precautions should be taken in regard to the disposal of nasal and alimentary discharges those who arc handling the padent should exercise special care regarding their hands and person before coming in contact with other people minister of health