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3 sunday school lesson february 2 lesson v putting gods kingdom first matthew 6 113 1921 3133 golden text seek ye first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added uito you matthew 633 analysis i fraying the pathee vs 513 ii loving the father vs 1021 iii seeking his kingdom vs 3133 introduction this sixth chapter of matthew takes up the question of worship and deais with the relation which the disciple of jesus must have to his god the follower of jesus must learn to trust tho heavenly fa ther at all times and must seek first of all ths kingdom of god i maying to the father vs 513 v 5 the first four verses are given to tho religious duty of almsgiving three verses 1618 are devoted to the second act of worship tut eleven verses are given to prayer showing that this last is the most important of la tlhe outward acts of religion no person can keep his religious life fresh and strong who does not practice the art of prayer jesus warns them against hypocrisy if people make a parade of their prayers in order to win the reputation of being religious then thcy may receive tho reward of human praise but they do not get their reward from god v g the second warning is against onreality if people repeat a formula without putting their heart or soul into it hoping that this v be heard they have a totally wrong conception of god mere lepetitions imply that god is a hard exacting ruler demand ing penance but if god be our loving father prayir must be a form of communion or conversation in which ou- souls find true delight v 8 we do not need to pray in order to inform god of our wants prayer is the human side of inter communion with god we learn to sec how dependent we are upon him and how blessed it is to know him v 9 now begins the best known of all prayers no sayings of jesus are i more universally used than these in tho lords prayer we have the mo- 1 tives the model and the aims of all true prayer it consists of seven sentences the first is the address while the remaining six fall into two divisions of these the first ihre con cern the father while the remaining ones deal with human needs the ad dress is of infinite significance the rature of god determines all religion how different are the prayers which worshipper of moloch would make from those which arise out of their assurance that god is our father v 10 tho three petitions to he made concerning god are 1 the hal lowing of his nam by which the wor shipper expresses his desire that no thing be done to bring discredit on the holy name the opposite of this would be to profane his name every wrong action done by a child reacts upon the tiame of tho father 2 the desire that gods kinjdom may be extended and 3 that his will be done on earth these petitions riso out of a sense of the sovereignty and goodness of god and they take for granted that god is jiblo to do whatever he feels best on earth as well as in heaven these pe titions show that gods interests must come first v 11 the first petition for our selves concerns the needs of the body wo cannot live without bread and we hereby acknowledge gods power and readiness to give us what e need vs 12 13 the two remaining re quests are spiritual and show that we save continually to ask for fovgive- ress and for protection against the ssaults of evil the prayer concludes with the doxology ii loving the father vs 1921 v 19 while it is necessary that we should have enough to meet the needs of the body the dsngcr with nost people is that they devoto too much thought to earthly possessions end jesus ft 7 warns them that they must not love wealth he uses the metaphor of the sank and shows how uncertain arc all earthiy treasures the only bank that is absolutely safe fc that in heaven which means that if we love god and do his will we have that permanent possession of charac ter and life which cannot be destroyed to iove god is the truest wealth iii seeking his kingdom vs 3133 v 31 two of tho chief concerns of sion are food and clothing and whilo esus does not say that we should pcglect these necessary things he lays vfon his disciples certain duties in fhis regard they must not be so jrorrvsd over them t to lose all peace ti mind v s2 they must trust tho good jrftl of their heavenly fatter who is wedl aware of tleir needs and who is willing ad able to help y 33 they must seek first of all other things they must try to bring in the kingdom of god prayer for the kingdom must go hand in hand with the work of the kingdom they must also seek his righteousness that is tho kind of right living of which god approves the main aims of life must be spiritual and moral the submarine manchester guardian lib we think of the submarine as something primarily directed against oar life- hlood we may we remember that but we ought also to remember that perhaps the greatest preoccupation of france is the guarding ot the route by which sio can bring an african army into europe and it is not true that the submarine would bo ot no uso to france on the african searoute and even abojt the submarine let u3 keep an open mind to this extent it nearly brought us to the ground in 191017 hut the end of the war we had taken its measure we fix our eyes on the submarine but second sight might reveal to us the aeroplane and tfce seaplane play- ins a more decisive role in another war where ancient customs still maintain common life we believe that there are sweet and gracious things in human liia for belter worth knowledge than the base and trivial things which too fre quently attract the novelist writers of all sorts are very apt to overlook the existence of a vast number of quiet and godfearing people in this country who lead plain and good lives free from both defiling action and defiling knowledge there is enough material in the annals of the quietest countryside for a very great novel in the hands of a master and the greatest artist is he who can deal most adequately with common life plain godfearing people have their tragedies as well as thieves and har lots and the psychology of their emo tions is not less interesting w j dawson do everything well if you have something to attend to go about it coolly and thoughtfully and do it just as well as you can do it as though it were the only thing you ever had to do in- your life and as if everything depended upon it then your work will be well done and it will afford you genuine satisfaction often much more de pends upon the banner in which things seemingly trivial are perform ed than one would suppose or that it is possible to foresee do every thing well make that the rale o jour life and live up to it and you will find it most conducive to your own happiness and to the happiness ot those with whom you are lrought into contact or communication howd you get into the show the other evening passed a counterfeit dollar at the door how was tho show well i got my moneys worth strong will in tome cases tie strong will is a demon and the intellect but its ser vant and slave but if the choice be fixed on noble objects then the etrong will is r king and the intelligence is its minister and test guide the right direction of the energies of a man therefore is cl the greatest im portance and the time to secure this is in youth conscience tho conscience requires to ho en lightened gods law is written up on it but tho lettering is like that of an old inscription where the words are filled up with moss and mould so that they are spt to bo misread and requireto be recut james stalk er scene outside ancestors time squaw attends to the spoils of the hunter tepee in a western park where tnere are many indians living much as they did in their preserving youth without gin plenty of in and champagne but not a drop ot water and liquorflash ed hostesses vote the party a huge success it is youth that pays the piper warns dr samuel s drury rector of the famous st pauls school for boys at concord new hampshire and he urges parents to keep their boys away from the rum riots of their elders and to let them play and sweat as nature intended youth being its own innocent intoxicant rejoice oh young man in thy youth he says we are a long time old re gain command of the family he urges parents begin a ruleandreason era and kill the jazz menace for a score of years dr drury has directed ihe formative period of boys some of them now leaders of ameri can cultural and busines life and he has an insight into youth and its prob lems which is generally admitted moreover wo are told he has de clined oilers of advancement in his church to continue as an instructor of youth recently he made an annual report to the corporation of st pauls school and charles p haven of tho boston sunday post rescued it from the oblivion which too often be falls reports the oblivion of the wastepaper basket and we now pass it on to a larger audience whose col lective ear may be the more attentive now that the boys and girls have re turned to bchool and the hectic holi days are over the great educator sat in his etudy and talked of his viewj on youth and their more diffi cult parents to begin with we sot down the rules for parents which mr haven summarizes from his inter view with dr drury 1 make the second decade of youths- lives breezy wholesome and simple 2 provide the spur of necessity for them especially if you are wealthy 3 dont invite other peoples children to parties primarily arranged for elder people 4 dont destroy young peoples characters in order to make one of your parties successful 5 dont offer children in their second decade liquor unless they are your own children which rule dr drury really directs to members of tho second decade thomselves it runs dont drink unless at your fath ers table 6 give your boy or girl at least a month in camp a cruise or a course at a citizens trninlngcamp during tho summer vacation 7 dont postpone your childs edu cation begin in january what you contemplate for him in july 8 dont hesitate to place your boy of from 16 to 19 in unsupervised situations in lite there is an inner armor boys possess during these years that keeps them from the smirch of the world 9 dont put the smirch that creeps into older minds into the minds ot those in tho second decade 10 give your growing boy a thrill ing job one that taxes his powers and puts him on his own responsibility 11 dont fiddle around with your boy or girl theirs not to make reply during tho second decade there should be no rule without reason but you should rule to quote from the interview as mr haven sets it down briefly enough for a topic in which all the world has an interest boys like simple things the modern tendency is for the parent to deprive children ot their childhood and youth of its youjh they seem to want to hury their children forward to the point where they cant fit in during tho years from thirteen to etehteen children like the pleasures of the outofdoors they like the simple food rough games and a good sweat parents who supply their children with luxurious and costly foods are doing them no favor it seems to mo the whole function of parents at this time is to keep youth young the highschool boy and the board ingschool boy are fundamentally alike except that the boardingschool boy often lacks this tremendously im portant factor in the formation of his character the spur of necessity the parents who do not furnish this factor to their boys will deprive them of the sand and grit necessary for them to possess if they are to share the re sponsibilities of the family life and all families have problems and re sponsibilities against a certain class of women dr drury reserves a special warning do you know that thoro are wo men who will destroy tho character of youths in order to make their parties successful one ot my boys recently told me that he and a friend of tho same ago had been invited to a party during tho summer vacation and that when they arrived they found plenty ot champagne to drink but that when they asked for a drink of water a servant had to make a special effort to get it for them i am a total abstainer myself i have been a total abstainer for years but i dont demand or ask total ab stinence all i ask boys is this pleaso dont take anything to drink except that offered you at your fath ers table this will i believe save them from the evils of gin and worse and save them from ihe menaces that confront all young people dr drury advises giving work to boys during tho long summer vaca tion and eighteen he says is none too early for parents to send their boys out into the world and into un supervised occupations there is no armor of innocence about a boy un- till ho reaches the ago of twenty years that protects him from the smirch of the world one of the greatest mistakes elders make is to assume that the smirch they may have received from the world is also upon their boys and that brought reporter and educator to the rule- withreasou precept the day of the premptory father is gone that man is rare who can say go here go there and expect obedience today there is plenty of cheerful obedience however but there must be no rule without reason the wise father is he who is willing to be reasonable but when he is reasonable with his children he cant be forever fid dling around with them theirs not to reason why theirs not to mako reply theirs to obey the parents must again take com mand restraint there is always and everywhere some restraint on a great man he is guarded with crowds and shackled with formalities the half hat the whole hat the halt smile the whole smile the nod the embrace the posi tive parting with a little bow the comparative at tho mkldle of the room the superlative at the door and if the person be pan hyper se- bastus there is a hypersuperlative ceremony then of conducting him to tho bottom of the stairs or to the very gate as if there were such rules set to these leviathans as aro to the sea hitherto shalt thou go and no furthor cowley record shipments of apples halifax shipments of apples this season to british and other markets from nova scotia totalled 6g2408 bar rels up to december 31 1929 an in- creaso ot 2s5671 barrels compared with the corresponding period in the previous season the 1929 crop of apples in nova scotia was 1846800 barrels an in crease of over 750000 over 1928 the total crop in canada last year was 3702370 barrels or about 405000 bar rels more than in the previous year wounds the wound caused by the lancehead is curable hut that caused by tho tongue cannot be cured arabian proverb wonderful leper cures being made 6000 victims await former society girls return from us is raising funds new orleans far out in tho china sea lies an island cullon on which 6000 lepers are hopefully awaiting the return of a former new orleans society girl folklore in india told wonderful tales of lepers who went into the woods and camo out healed dorothy paul wade her doctor husband and six nuns have made such tales come true not for one leper but for 1500 whilo dr h windsor wade fa mous pathologist ministers to tho needs of the stricken who have gath ered on tho island from china japan siam palestine and india his wife is touring the united states in an ef fort to gather 52000000 with which to carry on the work in the uvrgest leper colony in the world sho has raised a million and threequarters and when she reaches her goal she will return to culion bearing with her hope for those stricken with what was once termed an incurable dis ease dr wade and his wife went to the phillipphies seven years ago intend ing to stay two years becoming in- trested in tho treatment of lepers they remained at culion and have watched 1500 cured lepers sail joy fully away mrs wade formerly was a leader in new orleans younger set she is vivid she is beautiful with a beauty which the cool eye of a camera can not catch she is an accomplished actress boats steer clear how can i describe my life so that you can get a picture of it she asks much of the time my husband and i are the on white persons on the island with the exception ot the six nuns who live there the island is flat sunbaked small native boats sail by for the most part giving the island a wide berth visitors come and often stay for weeks to consult with her husband not to while away the hours on a south sea isle but to watch with in terest the efforts being made to bring life and hope to the lepers out standing men of science and medicine gather there i remember ono afternoon she said when i served tea on a chinese tea table to a harvard medical stu dent a siamese prince a chinese doc tor and a priest from madrir but even when i have no visitors i am never bored or lonely i have a pony and ride and hunt i write lots too mrs wade is a writer a poetess and a member of the authors league of america manila is only 200 miles away yet we seldom go there two hundred miles in one of the native sailing boats often means a journey of a week or more mrs wade said in tho seven years the wades have been at culion she has returned to america but twice both times for the purpose of raising money to carry on the work coming this time at the personal request of leonard wood former governor of the philippines mrs wade has lectured in 50 cities and has almost reached her goal of 53000000 advice advice is not disliked because it is advice but because so few people know how to give it leigh hunt many speeches are now read in british commons growing tendency to break away from very old tradition everything my husband touches turns to gold then you didnt really bleach your hair after all mutt and jeff by bud fishier the miracle man of the huddle system still several good extempore speakers but none can excel late mr bonar law in speeches without notes visitors to the public galleries ot the british house ot commons lately havo discovered a growing tendency to break away from that very old tra dition that members may not read their speeches in the case ot ministers making statements which may bo of interna tional importance ot course reading and very obvious slow and careful reading at that has always been per mitted mr lloyd georgo and mr baldwin havo both in their time as prime minister read sections ot speeches in this way mi ramsay macdonald finds it necessary to do so on occasions and is quite frank about it there is al ways open reading too of answers to parliamentary questions thoso cases however are usually tho limit of exception to the tradition lately however socialist ministers and back members have broken the unwritten rule miss margaret bonfield the minis ter of labor read the greater part of her speech introducing the unemploy ment insurance bill from typescript it was a very clearly stated expost tion ot tho bill which did the minis ter credit but it was read mr ar thur henderson the foreign secre tary reads a great deal but he does it very cleverly lately he has done mora extempore speaking and has greatly improved his style perhaps the greatest offender of all against the tradition which the older members would enforce wa3 the lady who recently read almost every word of a speech from a sort of looseleaf ledgerand did not conceal it good memories there are of course several excel lent extempore speakers on both sides of the house and whilo none can ex- celthe late mr bonar law in mak ing long speeches without reference to notes there are some who approach very nearly to his great skill mi- neville chamberlain the ex- minister of health is one mr win ston churchil is another although it is said that his principal speeches are learnt off by heart before he comes to the house mr a m samuel the financial secretary to the treasury in the late government made more than one intricate financial speech without a brief mr william graham the president of the board of trade call recite strings of complicated figures without a reference to his notes and mr ar thur greenwood minister of health can do much tho same thing with knotty legal points and clauses of a bill tho house of commons has lost its old habit of threedecker orations with tho arrival of members who all want to talk hut it would be a pity if it gave up tho old tradition which is now being assailed pat called at the post office to see if there were any christmas postcards for him your name sir asked the postmaster whats that to do with you replied pat it there aro any postcards for mo my name will he on the front but i must have your name cried tho postmas ter otherwise how can i find tlio postcards well then its pat murphy the irishman volunteered no letters or postcards for you sir tho other replied pat grew angry ill teach you to fool me like that he shouted but ill get even wd ye not one bit ot that is my name at all at all panting aud breathing heavily a little boy was pushing a handcart obviously much too heavy for him up a steep hill a kindly passerby put his shoulder to tho wheel and helped him when they got to the top of tho hill he turned to the boy i cal it an outrage to give a child like you a job llko this why dont you tell your employer it was too heavy for you t did was the re ply and what did he say he said go ahead youre sure to find gome fool to give you a lift on the way idleness it is a mistake to imagine that tie violent passions only such as arn- wtlon and ioyo can triumph over tha rest idleness languid as it is often pasters them all sho indeed in fluences all our designs and actions and insensibly consumes and destroyi poth passions and virtues l roche foucauld s consequences not till water runs up hill and dj turns into night may men rational txpect to escape the consequences ot their vh deeds proverbs proterba are tb wisdom of wuj men prepared in portable doses 9k the foolish