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7 sunday school lesson july 13 lesson ii jacob a selfish man transformed genesis 25 2934 28 1822 29 1820 33 14 1 il2 t what ls a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul or what shall a man give in ex change for his soul matthew 16 26 1 analysis i taking advantage ok a brothers weakness and a fathers blind ness gen 25 2934 27 145 ii bakgaining with god chapter 28 hi confession ani heconcilution chapters 32 and 33- introduction jacob the rraiidson of abraham is one of the most puz zling charaetes in old testament story there is much in him that is mean and dishonorable much also ihtt is very fine and noble it is true that he cheats his brother both of his birth right and hit fathers blessing but it is also true mat he values very highly that birthright with its great material and spiritual inheritance held in such light esteem by ksau the spiritually- minded and ambitious jacob stands out in the story with all his faults in striking contrast to esau who to gra tify the appetite of the moment sells that which would have made him heir to the promise of abraham i taking advantage of a brothers weakness and a fathers blind ness gen 25 2934 27 146 jacobs pottage was made of lentils still a favorite dish in the east and usually stewed with onions rice anl oil or small bits of meat and fat and reasoned to the taste drivers gen esis the birthright which esau parts with so lightly acompanied by the fathers blessing chap 27 would probably have made him head of ths tribal community and heir to th greater part of his fathers posses sions pressed by his appetite he sells the future for an immediate gratifica tion jacob takes a mean advantage of his heedless brother t- satify a farseeing ambition he is willing to scheme and plot and lie but of the two he is clearly the stronger chai- actor and capable of the greater achievements hi life it may be that the character of esau was reflected in 1he edomites who claimed descent from him as that of jacob in israel ii bargaining with god chapter x jacob a fugitive from his horn i southern palestine fleeing from bis brothers wrath and commanded by i jealous mother to hr e a wife hei own and h ft- srs kinsfolk not like esau of ii r fhers of the land lifhted vri i t t vlacz where he tarried fsr rv there in- rest less slumber lie dvrarost a dream of angels on a stairway which ascended to heaven and the lord standing above it there his regeneration began it is true that jacobs scheming self- sceking spirit hrre again asserts itself his morning vow is conditioned 7od will he with me and will keep me then shall the lord he nut god there is nevertheles miine piety in this vow a real desire and seeking after god even though it be still on the lower plane of material advantage and success f hi confession and reconciliation chapters 32 and 33- after many yea is jacob returns to canaan with his family and his scrv ants and his flocks and herds at the fords of the river jabbok cast of jor dan he hears that esau is coming to meet him with four hundred men and he is greatly afraid perhaps not until now did his conscience really trouble him as regards his treatment of esau and now his conscience is awakened by fear of esaus vengeance jacob does three things- he divides his followers into two companies with the hope that if one is attacked the other may escape he sends forward his servants with rich presents to meet his brother then he prays to god for deliverance chap 32 012 night falls and alone by the river he wrestles with an in- visibe adversary was it not that gods spirit was urging him to a real tepentnnce when at last he answered the question what u thy name and said it is jacob his confession was made for the word jacob really means a supplanter one who takes the place that rightfully belongs to an other the name fitted well his char acter now that he has confessed and admitted his guilt he receives the bless ing which ho sought and a new name israel for as a prince he had prevailed with god in king arthurs footsteps those who regard the stories of kidg arthur and his knights merely as rather charming tales for children will be surprised to learn that an international arthurian congress is to be held in cornwall this summer scholars interested in arthurian re search are expected to come from america and from a number of eur opean countries in order to attend the congress they will make a tour of the places in cornwall associated with the arthurian legend and may go on to wales on the same mission theie are many holidaymakers who visit the scenes of arthurian romance yearly yet never realize the fact they do not know that camelford is supposed to be camelot where arthur and guluevere held their court that the scilly isles are the land of lyonesso or that tintagel is the centre of a district rich in arthurian associations slaughter nridge for in stance is the reputed scene of the kings death what new york is wearing by annabe1ie wokthington lliubtrtital 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west adelaide st toronto love o there is nothing holler in this life of ours than the first conciousness of love the first flutterings of its silken wings the first rising sound and breath of that wind which is so soon to sweep through the soul to purify or to destroy eat and grow thin is womans new cry by marie ann best introduction if i knew how is the constant thought of the vast majority of a certain type of people we fleshy peo ple often look with dubious eyes at our figures and it wishes could accomplish our object we would long ago have gotten rid of those citra pounds frequent we pick up the papers ami in the doctors column of ques tions and answers we see the oft repeated pathetic call from our fleshy sister doctor how can 1 reduce these are but a few words but we know they mean a great deal the reply is generally this reducing is just a matter of selfcontrol which leaves a sort of feeling of being sus pended in the air for still the how is not answered someone whispers diet hut that very word nearly al ways makes the overweight person balky right at the start for she sees visions of good things she likes plac ed tantalizing- before her with big touchmenot signs on them and therefore thinks she just wont be gin of course no one likes to be fa- it the question is how to get it off 1 was enough overweight to make me view with consternation every ad ded pound i didnt think i overate it is true often i would go to a tea have a good time mil come home after having eaten sandwiches cake and perhaps ice cream and then eat some supper just to he sociable while cooking 1 liked to see if things tasted right and often without think ing would eat a piece of cake or a cookie between meals i felt virtuous because i put a ban on taking second helpings for i knew they were the cause of more added avoirdupois than anything else 1 ate quantities of raw fruit between or after a full meal and thought they only consisted of water and vitamins but i know better now and nothing could in duce me to return to the old way of eating nothing worth while can be won in a day and to conquer obesity takes time hut it can be done am oh joy it can be done without sulisring hunger pangs and without ycur having to give up all social functions where tempting viands appear to tempt ones appetite it is going to be done simply by learning food values in calories so you will know what you are doing and why you arc joing it you will attain a slow sure knowl edge that will keepyou normal after you get there and the scale instead of being the ogre it now is will register so nicely the pound or so gained dur ing the festive season that it becomes but a gentle indicator of the increas ed pound and your weight can easily be adjusted to normal the following week because you know how when visiting a friend one day i happened to pick up a hook entitled watch your weight it proved wonderfully helpfu and a real eye- opener from then on 1 delved into doctors and dietitians hooks until i learned what caused my abnormal weight i found too i must reduce slowly so as not to inqnre what health i had and after carefully working out a system of eating which will be set forth in succeeding art eles discovered to my delight and comfort that my health was greatly improved when i gradually threw overboard the excess baggage i had been carrying in the form ol super- llnous weight but you nmst not be like the pupil who expccletther music teacher to teach and alsovlo the work of prac tice and studyy and then expect in some miraculous way to become an accomplished musician things do not work out thatvway do not think you are going to grow normal unless you arc serious rthont it think over it and plan formt for if you fol low closely the advieon and knowledge i give yon you will reijpcc around two pounds each week wlile using the ordinary daily menus jill foods can a weird chicken hints to drivers terrapin or baby tortoise emerging from shell this species of tor toise is born from hard shelled gg while most of the turtle family come from soft shell egvis be eaten ami if you follow the instruc- yj- jy heart lions here outlined you will emerge goes all the way feeling fine and beeoin slender in three or four months time depending on the number of pounds you wish to take off what i learned i joyfully give to my overweight sisters for 1 have found it largely a matter of diet it does not mean however doing with out a fleshy persons favorite foods al- when a wearisome bit of you come to the road where the stones are thick and the path is steep and the back is bowed with the heft of the load as the narrowing way is hard to keep together i found i could enjoy all dont stop just then for a wasteful foods i didnt need to avoid them i sigh it is mostly a mater of cutting but challenge the worst with stead- down on the quantity of certain kinds fast cheer of foods if you know the values of if nowhere else there is help on foods that will enable you to reduce high j you will find it best to eat more of j gods angel will hasten your them and cut down on some of the i pioneer foods which are your favorites but which if taken in too large quantities when you reach a lonesome bit of the add to your weight i road i remember reducing is a slow pro- j curtained about with mist and cess because if done too quickly murk health is impaired and you hear faint sounds from the beauty only comes with health and dread above i too strenuous reducing methods low- where shivering grim hobgoblins er the vitality but if superfluous lurk by accelerator j there are only a few things about an automobile tb2t need routine atten tion engine and chassis lubrication batteries radiator and thes the enj glne chassis and radii lor should be attended to according to the partvul- ar needs of your car but batteries should be watered at least once every two weeks and your tirs should be checked at least once a week i when changing a wheel or rim after a puncture take the spare off the rack at the rear or out of the fender well before ou jack up the ear am remove he ii t otherwise in getting the spare loose yon may joggle the car jus enough te cause it to slip off the jack tile garages for the old hi pres sure tires were markci to measure each live pounds of air but the gauges for balloons are marked to re- gister each pound this shows hovvj much more important it is to have exact pressure in balloons its a good idea o hw your spcetf- onieter checked once in a while if it registers much too low you may be j going a great dea faster than you think and become involved in an acci- dent or an altercation with a trallic officer j if you should ever have to be towed be careful to keep your foot lightly j on the brake pedal so that if the tow- ingcar stops or slows down unexj pectedly you can do likewise before you climb up on its rear bumper and if you are doing the towing warn the other driver to watch out j scraping a tire against the curb when parking or hitting the edge of the curb is one cf th3 best ways in the world to shorten the life or your rubber such carelessness is expen sive j home and school clubs benecicial fat is gradually dispensed with in its place will come health comfort ease of motion not to mention improved good looks have a note book and a pot of li quid paste ready next week and keep these articles for reference as they appear each week in your home paper next week yy should 1 re- when you stand just laugh to scorn their doleful cries this is the place to whistle and sing brush the fog from four fearless eyes and close to the faith of your fath ers cling a sorrowful bit of duce little ethel dont you like to play with paper dolls any more little willie no 1 cut them out long ago the road and a hand you loved has loosed its clasp when streams are dry that in sweet ness flowed and flowers drop from your listless grasp even now take heart for farther on there are hope and joy and the dawn of day yon shall find again what you thought was gone tis the merry heart goes all the way margaret e sangster the wayside pool there is hardly a roadside pond or pool which has not as much landscape in it as about it it is not the brown the busy strand was being cleaned london birds like roar of traffic london birds seem thoroughly to enjoy themselves mid the roar and rush of traffic and some of them adopt the mqst unusual places for their dwellings not long ago the golden statue of pcte earl of savoy which stands in muddy dull tiling we suppose it to be by workmen these workmen found it has a heart like ourselves in the that under the shelter of hie earls bottom of that there are the houghs shield jlr and mrs swallow had of the tall trees and the blades of actually made their fome and were the shaking grasses and all manner bringing up a family and kinds of variable pleasant lights another strange nest in london out of the sky nay the ugly gut- j was built by a pigeon for some ler that stagnates over the drain of lime it had brought string and hair- the frail city is not altogether so pins to a bathroom window entirely down in that if you look deep enough unheeding the fact that these were you may see the dark serious blue promptly thrown away again but at of faroff sky and the passing pure last it had lis chance and was left clouds it is at your will then you in peace for a short time when see in that despised stream either mrs pigeon was next seen she was the refuse of the street or the imago silting in triumph on the completed of the sky so it is with amost all nect which rested on a shelf inside other things that we despise john the room it had two eggs inside mtiskin and was built of hairpins i like the advice of josh billings nurse jimmy an angel has just dont take the boll by tho horns brought you a baby brother would grab him by the tall it is easier to you like to sco him jimmy let go ambassador dawes id like to see the angel look wide a little gipsy hoy lay on his back in a meadow where the dew still sparkled on the grass a few yards away a lark suddenly rose from her nest and flying up and up until she was almost out of sight sang the joy of the morning then swiftly and sure ly dropped to the green why do yon fly so high to sing your song asked the gipsy boy won dering oh when im above everything 1 can look wide at all the beauty of hie country whispered the lark and it just makes me sing presently the boy rested again be neath a great tree and looking up through the spreading branches he murmured 1 wonder why the tree grows so high and throws out its branches so far to look wide rustled the leaves and to see as much of the sky a we can he saw bluebells hanging from tall steins i suppose they are looking wide too he said yes 5es theres so much beauty to see rang a hundred tiny bells lie saw forest ponies that threw up their heads to look all round before they cantered off over the heath and he saw cows that lifted their great stupid faces to the sun before they sought a patch of shade in which to lie he felt the touch of breezes that brought the scent of the sea from the coast miles away and shaded his eyes to look at the sun which could see half tho world at once after this day the friends of the gipsy hoy noticed that he was always happy if a baby cried in one of the caravans it was he who offered to sing it to sleep if water ran out he made no bother of going to the brook for more and always be iaughed at last his mother asked him why is it lad youre always so happy i just look wide grinned the gipsy boy an yon know mother if you look far enough theres always something to he glad about grace holmes 3rd hants lone company farmers along the border of en land and scotland recently met and demanded of the british government fair play for agriculture by control ing imports and securing an economic prite for farmers for home produce h we speak the most involved ian gunge the world has ever known it ls drawn from thirtyfive or more other languages and we misspell for the simple reason that twentytwo of the twentysix letters are silent in certain combinations ot words frank h vizetelly l mutt and jeff by bud fish1r at iavt ive f igubcd out a vuav that muttl alt x caw m0vcvb j not m ool ba66rtie i me lb 1 i22pj mott wcoc loorrigd uketioo fooisbecausel tile amlctb has glucfo os w6t1cc to move aint i right by famuil fanner lres of canadian school trustees assu ik all the efforts that are being made for the improvement of kduca- tlon in ontario the home ant school clubs have taken a leading and help ful pan they have been very prac tical aitl sympathetic in their altitude and there is no doubt as to ihe value of such an organization in connection with any school unfortunately for rural ontario these home and school clubs are not as plentiful as they might be there is however a kind red organization womans institutes which frequently do muct the same work there is one drawhack about the latter organization the men have no part in it and a school should have the support and counsel of both father and mother home and school club the name is sufficient lo give an idea of how it is constituted ami what its work will be parents leathers and scholars are united in an effort to make the local school the best school possible it is surprising the wide range of subjects which come up for consideration at the meetings of these clubs and the practical manner the members deal with the problems that present themselves at the eleventh annual convention ot the federal home and school clubs hehl in toronto last master the follow ing was given as the purpose of this organization the federation aims to awaken public interest in all edu cational matters by means of homo and school work it is not enough that clubs should be organized in large centres or scattered here and there through the country livery school should have its group of parents ac tively cooperating with the teachers for the good of the children these aims are further expressed in the home and school creed which we give herewith we believe that a home and school associa tion should be concerned with all problems that relate to the welfare of the child in home school and com munity that its great object should be to interest all people in all children and to link in common purpose the home the school and other educative forcis in tho life of the child to work for his highest good that it should learn firsthand all school conditions and all community conditions affecting the child that it should encourage all in fluences and conditions which make for the growth and safety of the chilt that it should work actively to sup ply the school and community needs by creating a public sentiment which shall favor and provide good teachers good school equipment and educative recreation for leisure time that it should give service to the homo uy training for parenthood and homemaking and to the school by adding parent power to school power that it should not ha a means of en tertainment or charity or criticism of school authority but a cooperative nonpolitical nonsectarian uon-coni- mercial effort to produce canadian citizens who shall be capable of per petuating the best which hat been de veloped in our naional life we believe that the principles which guide tho home and sshool association arc ibe embodiment of social servies civic virtue and patriotism any school can form a home and school club and the pupils school nil district will be tare to benefit by the sympathetic and practical work of such a ciiitb a monthly magazine may still be l tho popular book of the oak j father history repeats itself sort my teacher would rather heat me do it 1 when wearing green the nose it too pale may be touched up with coral pencil of the rather expensive indeliblo variety a simpler ani less expenslvo method would bo nos to let tho nose wear green liverpool post j t the pendulum has swung wish ft vengeance and now wo seem to be in for tv hat that is so full that thi underbrim rests on tho wearers shoulders ono wonders what the fashionable hat will do next fash ion paragraph perhaps if it gets too full it will brim over- liverpool post m