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wag sunday school wesson january 6 lesson i childhood of jesus matthew 2 1023 golden text thou shalt call his name jesus for he shall save his people from their sins matthew 1 21 analysis j ths visit of the wise men 1012 u flight into egypt 1315 iii hstjrn to nazareth 1623 introduction in beginning these todies from the first gospel one may recall the remark made by a distin guished french scholar kenan who said the gospel according to st katihew is the most remarkable book that has ever been written it pro vides as well a wonderful picture of the messiah and shows how jesus was the fulfilment of the prophecies of the old testament tho writer make3 it clear that the christian is tho heir of all the promises oi israel and the true interpreter of scripture 1 xile visit of the wise men 1012 v 10 there are two accounts of tho birth of jesus one in matthew and the other in luke and these together give us a clear view of this most mar velous event in the history of the world the actual date is uncertaii but it is probable that jesus was born several years beforo ad 1 this seams to follow from tho fact that herod was still living when jesus was born and it would appear that herod died in bc 4 some think that the records of the stars may also help to fix the date but this is not at all sure we must also read tho account in luke 2 2 whero the events are connected with the movements in the soman empire v 11 the wise men or magi were a median tribe who devoted much time to tho study of tho stars they wor shipped tho heavenly obccts and thought they could tell from the pro pess of the stars how things were to happen tho visit of these men repre sents the first fruits of the universal mission of christianity and it is a fine tribute paid to jesus as the redeemer of the world bethlehem is a small towt- south of jerusalem and according to matthew there were pre dictions that- the promised messiah was to come out of this place luke mentions the place of birth but omits the prophecy there is now a famous church built over tle spot where jesus is said to have been born called the church of the holy nativity v 12 herod who is mentioned here was also called herod the great and was king over the whole of judea but he was not complete ruler since he had to acknowledge tho sovereignty of home he must be distinguished from herod antii as his son he was an able ruler but unscrupulous and cucl httj5lrrwregiito 1315 v 13 egypt always had close disso ciation with palestine and it was not unusual for israelites in time of peril turn to egypt for help the recent ar shows how close the connection ill is egypt was a much richer and more civilized land and at this jme there was a large number of jews there especially in alexandria which bpwas said to have onefifth of its popu- llf lation consist of jews we do not learn w from any other source of the visit of jesus to tho land of the nile v 14 this story of tho flight has been mndo familiar by many pictures the verse leaves he impression of lastc fear and concealment the par ents remain in the land of egypt till herod dies v 15 one of the main features of matthew is the uso of the old testa ment he was writing for christian jews who were in need of bible proof to uphold their beliefs when attacked by the jews one of tho oftrepeated sentences is that it might be ful filled which 7as spoken of the ixird 3y tho prophet the passage here quoted is from hosea 11 2 iii return to nazareth 1623 v 10 the massacre of the innocents has often bvsn portrayed by tho art ists and it is doubtful if these arc al ways historically accurate probably the number of children murdered was small as there would not be very many younger than two years in a small town like bethlehem however it was a very cruel deed and quite in keeping with what is known from other sources of the character of this man wo do not read in the gospels that jesus ever came hack to bethle hem but it is interesting to wonder whether he ever returned to seo the inn in which he had been born v 17 again we note the tendency to call attention to the fulfillment of the prophecies of scripture kamah has peon sometimes identified with a small village errama about five miles north of jerusalem v 22 on their return to palestine the parents remained in the south in judea but they are warned in a dream that tho danger is not over and they go north we must try to keep clearly in our mind tho geography of pales tine which is divided into three parts judea sooth samaria next and gal ilee north the kingdom had been divided after herods death among his sons archelaus received judea and samaria and ruled so badly that after eight years he as sent into exile and rome asumed direct control however galileo remained under herod antipas till after the death of jesus v 23 nazareth where jesus was brought up waj an important town and it lay on tho route of the travel from egypt to the east here jesus would see the regiments of soldiers passing and he would hear of the events happening in the world the scenery also was beautiful it is dangerous to be beautiful markets for alberta coal edmonton journal ind cons mr neate of tho dominion fuel board warns alberta coal producers that it is necessary for tho operators to be on their guard against losing ground in the manitoba market through their anxiety to supply the province further east the compe tition of the american mines in mani toba has not been of a fair character they have persistently dumped their product there repeated efforts have been made within the past five years to have the canadian antidumping act amended so as to prevent the prac tice of importing american supplies at set prices which bore little relation to those at the mines when the minister of finance introduced his 1925 udget he announced that tho de sired changes would bo made but shortsighted criticism offered by pro gressive and some other western mem bers led him to withdraw the resolu tion of which he gave notice since then though the government has had its attention drawn frequently to the injustice that was being done the al berta industry no action has been taken the situation demands correc tion immediately an old myth exploded manitoba free press lib fig ures are now available which bring to a definite conclusion the long-drawn- out discussion regarding the existing scale of railway freight rates on grain as is well known these rates yere set under the crows nest pass agreement in the teeth of the rail ways which have always insisted that th carriage of grain on such terms involved them in loss this fall however there came a chance special circumstances the chief of which was the short western crop brought about a sharp and alarming decrease in rail way earnings sir henry thornton and mr e w beatty both issued statements on the situation and it be came at once apparent that both rail ways were depending upon grain for a large part of their net profits nei ther railway has yet issued a state ment explaining how they could at one and the same time carry grain at a loss and make their profits out of that carriage oio you mail my utttr to noon the wife of a grouch has to take everything for grunted it is less important for the stock market to bo on the upgrade than on tho level virginianpilot what aro you fellows goingto do now that actrossen havo taken to slapping your faces havo they no senso of chivalry left mr bernard j shaw by peggy oneil my beauty has been my ruin a woman of 35 eaid to me the other afternoon if i hadnt been beauti ful i wouldnt have been so cocksure thai another man would come along after i turned the last one down like many other beautiful girls 1 played fast and loose with the affec tions of my admirers confident that i would never lack for a fresh one i did not think there would ever be a time when i would be left on the shelf a lonely woman if 1 hadnt been beautiful i might have paid more attention to cultivat ing my mind even nov that my looks have faded 1 might still be a charming and desirable companion for some man but i wasted my opportunities confident that beauty was every thing that is wiat this woman told me in a burst of frank selfrevelation test of experience today it is the fashion to rate feminino beauty as one of the most highlyprized commodities a really beautiful girl is said to havo the world at her feet there is scarce ly any door that is closed to her in business and in love it is the popular belief that she starts with the dice heavily loaded in her favor but how far from truth this is is proved by actual experience you have only to look round at your own circles of friends how many beauti ful girls do you know who are success fully and happily married men court tbem and pay them at tentionsyes but it is tho other sort the homely ones that they mostly marry and how many beautiful girls do you know who are holding down big business and professional positions i know a good many women who have been particularly successful in com mercial careers they are capable attractive women but few could be called beautiful ruined her life i remember meeting a girl some time ago who had won a prize in a beauty competition it ever there was a girl who was ruined by her looks it was sk formerly she was a sweet unpre tentious girl with a gentle disposition the public recognition of her beauty soon changed all this and she became arrogant selfcentred and impossibly conceited she lost her job because she con centrated more on her looks than on her employers business she jilted her fiance because she thought he was not good enough for her she almost broko her mothers heart with her unreasoning vanity today this girl is working as a packer in a factory illness has de prived her of her looks she has no thing left another girl i know whoso future has been ruined by her looks is on the stage if she had applied herself to her art she might today be recogniz ed as one of our leading actresses for she has genuine talent instead she has chosen to pin her faith in her pretty face and has got nowhere at all i met a girl not long ago who told me frankly that she wished she were plain do yon know she said i dont believe men trust a really pretty girl 1 have known heaps of men some 1 thought were certain to propose to me but nearly every ono has since gone olf and married someone else with not half my share of good looks there was ono man on whom this girl was particularly keen ho took ber out for nearly six months and in the end married her plain sister too easy at the start i got a job in an office the girl said but was dismissed because it was considered my good looks wero a disturbing influence and not condu cive to office discipline but i could enumerate these ex amples almost without end every body must know of others in their own experience that is tho tragedy of tho beautiful girl lifo is too easy or her in the beginning unless sho is particul arly sensible and levelheaded she is spoiled by flattery and admiration 3 what s wearing illustrated dressmaking lesson furnished with every pattern by annebelle worthington looking slender is easy when wearing the correct attire for in stance take style no 2935 every detail to carry out vertical line is plainly emphasized the surplice closing breaks the width through the bodice while the collar that reaches to waistline at left side carries the eye down to the vertical line in skirt in jabot drape that flutters only when wearer moves plaits in cluster effect at right side provide sufficient fulness io hem the crushed girdle hugs jhe hips and holds in surplus fulness the neckline is softened by inset yestce and pin tucked shoulders sleeves arc gathered into narrow cuff bands note the back is slim and straight the medium chosen for this attrac tive dress is canton crepe in novel print in burgundy tones the girdle is sheer velvet in burgundy shade with metal buckle vcstee is egg shell shade silk crepe with lace in matching shade it is designed in sizes 16 18 years 36 38 10 42 44 and 46 inches bust it is very smart in black crepe satin with ecru lace shawl collar with vestee cut of the reverse of crepe canton crepe in rich wine red shade with vestec of beige crepe silk with shawl collar of selffabric is effective crepe elizabeth georgette crepe plain silk crepe printed crepe silk crepe de chine and crepe marocaiu chic how to order patterns write your name and address plain- ly giving number and size of such britain plans big does it ever building program rain fishes i construction work amount ing to 100000000 is announced help unemployed municipalities railways gas and water projects involved baron munchausen the prince of tellers of big stories never told ot a rain of fishes but a certain john kendrlck bangs feeling that this was an oversight wrote such an account for him under the subhead recent adventures bcngs says that hta narratorhero when a boy secured s largo quantity ot gunpowder and planted it in a fishpond when this was touched off the whole pond was london construction work in blown high in air anr after somellays great britain amounting to moro than the contents ot tho pond containing 100000000 has been approved by the m2ny ashes rained down on the as tonished people now the interesting thing is that an imagined raiu ot fishes is not necessary for there is a multitude ot true accounts ot such rains having a penchant for the unusual in natural history for many years i collected and filed away accounts ot rains ot fishes when i camo to publish them 1 found i had 4s accounts ranging from ad 300 to 1901 and in space from america eight accounts great britain ten germany eight franca and greece ono each through india ten ceylon thrco government in connection with its plans to alleviate unemployment and tho government will make a total contribution to this work of about 46000000 this was revealed in a statement issued by rt hon j h thomas lord privy seal and min ister of employment this work involves municipalities railway companies gas companies and water supply companies it is generally required that all materials needed for the stateassisted works shall so far as is practicable be ot united kingdom origin and all manufactures will be united kingdom malaysia two and the south seas manufacture tho statement emphas- sized this stipulation is subject to such exceptions as the government department concerned may find to be necessary or desirablo in any particu lar ease having regard to all the cir cumstances including comparative prices of british and foreign articles if the necessary supplies are not purchased in the united kingdom they are to be secured from tho over seas part of the empire wherever pos sible the statement declares road schemes the government has further ap- patterns as you want enclose 20c in j proved under the trunk road pro- 2955 address your order to wilson pattern service patterns sent by an early mail stamps or coin coin preferred wrap t carefully for each number and 73 west adelaide st toronto no i think that on the average the moderately attractive girl very often even the downright plain girl has a better chance o happiness than her beautiful sister i look around me and i see the plain girls winning all along the line they have husbands and children they are placid and comfortable instead of painfully living up to their good looks what really counts after all when a man marries he does not want to be always looking at a beauty advertisement of a fashion plate it is very nice to bo seen out with a beautiful girl at the theatre or at a dance but when ono comes down to tho stern practicalities of domesticity the average man wants a good deal more no girl however plain she is need ever despair o getting a husband a dozen times a day when i see married couples together i say to myself now what on earth did he see in that woman one sees goodlooking smart men married to the dowdiest and most un interesting creatures imaginable but one does not need to seek far to find the reason the plain girls havo made it their business to cultivate charm and that after all is what really counts montreal standard her dreams it is often too late dad assisting little alice with her homework if i gave you five oranges and you had ono how many oranges would you have alice i dunno we always do our sums in apples you wero made for enjoyment and tho world was filled with things which you will enjoy unless you are too proud to bo pleased by them or too andthen whence waices up fronvlgraping to caro for what you cannot turn to other account than mere de light john ruskin fragrance you walked through a garden do j s w but that was in june and this is november and you did not notice me at all for i was a tulip beside a wall but my ashes still breathe of a lady fair who plucked me and tucked me in her hair a lady who wept that you did not remember you kissed her in june when it came november judy shea in chicago tribune the national debt toronto globe lib veterans ill or disabled should be accorded hospital treatment or pension assistance with a maximum of generosity and a mini mum of red tape exsoldiers who are actually sick should be instantly en titled to hospital treatment upon the mere evidence of the illness itself if there is to be haggling and quibbling over when the disease first started let the doctors do the arguing among themselves after the sick man is safely inside those who offered their lives in the days of national crisis should not need to apply hither and yon and be passed about from pillar to post in their own hour of need they served the nation let the na tion repay as best it can gram road schemes costing another 45000000 under the whole five- year program of road work the schemes approved total 575000000 the road fund liability in respect of these schemes is estimated at 80- 000000 and employment will in this respect he afforded equivalent to the employment of 100000 men for one year j the same time the minister an- uouncbtt z t form a colonial de- vclopment fund which itould enable the carrying out of great construction projects in the colonial empire lying outside the dominions this would directly benefit british labor by the demaml for materials from the bri tish manufacturers the governments employment plans therefore call for expenditure ot upwards of 1s0000000 within great britain and the construction of costly development works in the col onies notably africa benefiting bri tain by employment equal to the em ployment of about 190000 men a year a wind a captain of a trawler in the eng lish channel once told the bishop of oxford that time ard again when the catch was in and they seemed be calmed the often was a wind higher up unfe i deck he kept his sails peak ui and headed for the haven and when morning camo found him self near home so with us in the monotony of daily tasks tho wind of gods spirit up above will slowly bring us home john a hutton wheat poo land protection saskatoor starphoenix lib european countries once heavy buyers and canadian wheat have sought to fight tho pool and cncouiage home production by putting high tariffs on imported wheat in 1925 france charged a duty or 15 cents a bushel on forcing wheal germany and italy admitted it free today the duties aro franco 53 cents germany 48a cents italy 7316 cents euro pean protectionists and reluctance to pay tho price asked for canadian wheat imposed a severe test on the pool during the 192829 selling sea son its our guess that even if long skirts do succeed in coming in they wont stay long detroit free press paths the best path through life is the high road which initiates us at the right moment into all experience ex ceptional itineraries are suspicious and matter for anxiety what is nor ma is at once most convenient most honest and most wholesome cross roads may tempt us for one reason or another but it is very seldom that we do not come to regret having taken them according to london opinion 13 inns in surrey aro called tho jolly farmer tho suggestion seems to bo that a jolly farmer is one who sells his farm and opens rn inn detroit news while bathing at a french seaside resort an incometax collector was attacked by a soal of jellyfish some jellyfish ovldently havo moro back bona than taxpayers tho humorist mutt and jeff by bud fishfj 7er sde a eeftmart flcw im a tok alrpung thats a darn soot idal love sends a gift of wet matches one the publication of this article aroused much interest aud letters came in calling my attention to over looked references and giving personal experience theso accounts i brought together in another article there were 20 of them but i think that there are duplicates and that i have estab lished only 23 new falls there are thus put on record about 71 accounts more or less well au thenticated of rains of fishes these accounts in range of time and space make for sure testimony as to the actuality of the occurrence of this phenomenon i have personally never been so fortunate as to experience or even witness such a rain but i cannot disregard the evidence recorded by scientific men since the publication of my pre vious articles there have come to me two accounts of falls of fishes which are so well authenticated that it seems worth while to put them on re cord the first a personal experi ence was related to me by mr rich ard hoadley tingley of port chester new york who i have known per- soisuyfoirt iiumberofri fall occurred on may 15 1900 on the outskirts ot providence rhode island a severe thunderstorm with a high wind brought a heavy downpour of rain and with it living squirming perch and bullpouts from two to four and a half inches long which fell en yards and streets covering about a quarter of an acre mr tingley says that he was out in the storm andwai pelted not only with raindrops but with fish as well the boys collected these fishes by the pailful and sold them while a reporter on the provi dence journal gathered a bucketful ot them and these were displayed in various shop windows on one of tho principal business streets of the city in july 192s 1 heard of a fll of fishes near tarboro in my native state of north carolina i linve r some time in getting the and even mo roborator suadd tlltu given to the formants hero ts this fall of fishes as eon me on may is 192s a rain oi fell on the farm ot mr s x ck this farm is operated by mr v lv doughtie and from him and his wife i have gotten the following detaiis a heavy downpour of rain came on this day there was very little wind lint there were fishes hundreds ot thynu no one was out in tho rain but im mediately after the shower the child ren went out andbegan wading about in the puddles wvo they found many little fishes sonlevfthem alive aud swimming the fish werivelty uniform in size about ono anil ahilia to two inches long mr doughtie es timates that there were several hun dreds of these little fishes scattered over two or three acres of ground this spot is some three quarters of a mile from the nearest water course which is not known to contain any number of fishes now for the explanation of these and all other rains of fishes high winds particularly whirlwinds pick up water fishes and all and carry them inland where when tho velocity of the air and clouds becomes rela tively lowered the fishes fall to earth can anyono who has seen a water spout doubt that it could pick up and carry off fishes no one i believe who has experienced or even seen the prodigious effects and carrying power of a land tornado can have any doubt of the abillly of a waterspout a water tornado to bring about a rain ot fishes dr e w gudger biblio grapher and associate in ichthyology american museum of natural his tory in scientific monthly hope i all men are guests where hope dott- hold the feast gascolgne hope thou rawc of strong desire blckerstffe hard speech hard speech between those wh have loved is hideous la tho memorjft like tho sight ot 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