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sunday school lesson october 4 lesson i th macedon un call act t6 6ts romans is 1821 golden tt go ye therefore and teach all nation matthew s t3 analysis 1 v dissolved twrtnkksmp acts 15 odu it kauvtia rkylstttan timothy acts is 15 111 how rvvi ti knii west act 15 015 iktuoducttds we come now tj pauls second missionary journey had paul gone east instead of wmiigbfcfljcm chinese churches would probably 1c nib title sending missionaries today to cvan- gelize he natives of britain and am erica as it is into our western hands has been committed ou missionary erte prise i a mssoiaep iairrn cksnir acts 15 3g41 after accepting the jerusalem com promise the church in antioch had peace paul was again free for mis sion wvtk he longed to see the gait- ttian converts once more v 30 this personal affection and concern for his converts was one of the most attrac tive features in pauls character it appears in the letters which he wrote oftcrwhds with great desire he would see thir faces 1 thess 17 night and day praying exceed ingly iat he might see them i tess 3 10 also he recognized he im portance of following up work b gun then came die unhappy disagree mene between the two leaders bar nabas would take john mark again paul setting out upon a journey like ly to be difficult iui dangerous would have nothing to do with one who had already failed him barnabas r- laps unconsciously placing his kindly feelings toward his nepiew before the interests of the work was adamant unable to agree they rl vided the field between them barnabas could take mark am go to cyprus paul select- in silas 15 22 would go north ovanci to the clies previously visited barhsbas nw disappears from the record th church at antioch agree with pad v 10 it seems inexpress ibly sad paul owed a great deal to barnabas 0 27 11 25 2g his affec tionate nature must aave been deeply pained it was a time- when he felt that for christ he must suffer loss of everything even friendship phil 3 7 8 that friendship however as restored later 1 cor 9 c even mark eventually won his confidence 2 tim 4 11 but he two leaders never worked together again cod makes hie wrath of man to praise him two missionary enter prises instead of one were thus set on foot ii ouvtia revisited timothy acts 10 15 altei winning his fight for genvle freedom from circumcision paul eir- cumcized timothy why timothy v 1 whom he himself had been the means of converting and of whom he was very fond paul would take with him v 3 but timothy was uncir- cumcised being part jew he could r asorably be expected to come under the jewish requirements the mis sionaries would generally lodge in the jewish quarters of the cities they would visit they would begin their work in the synagogues the pres ence of the uncircumcised timothy would he offensve to the jews em barrassing to timothy himself and a hindrance to the work paul there fore since no principle was at stake had timothy circumcised v 3 iii how taul turner west acts 10 015 to the north lay bithynia with its populous cities thither paul iuried agai the spirit of jesus the or- rect reading of v 7 forbade the har dest of eithvnia was not for paul but for eter l peter 1 1 the only course left open for the missionaries now was westward to troas v 8 for bidden to preach ther i for it was part of the forbidden asia they had not much choice it was either to re turn home or cross the aca to mace donia which is today part of modern greece at the critical moment came a turning point in history pauls vi sion was the birthhour of western civilization and westera christianity paul was evidently thinking and pray ing about macedonia perhaps as ramsay suggests a dr luke meeting the travelers in the hotel at troas had suggested macedonia to him in any case falling asleep to the swish of the sea pail dreamed a dream v 9 he took it to be a divine guidance so did they all 10 after a good passage carefully re ported by luke who is now one of the patty and acquainted with the sea the missionaries arrived in philippi early in the week philippi had few jews and no synagogue paul found some women holding a prayermeeting by the river among then he began his ventire of faith iydia became one of hi famous converts the evangel- tation of europe had begun so by hindrances embarrassments appa ohtlv sinister experiences cod sets our feet in steps that lead us upward yet enter the provost a new ecclesiastical title is to make us appearance that of provost which is to be borne by the incum bents of parish church cathedrals such as rirmlnghrai bradford lei cester nvnvc istle portsmouth and a novel idea is to carry with it the il to the dean of a precedence accord cathedral although new in this connection the title of provost is an old ono it is applied to the heads of certain colleges such as eton and kings college cambridge and to the chief magistrates of citi d boioughs in scotland there the title is equiva lent to that of yor in england aud that of lord provost to lord mayor thero are five lord provosts the chief magistrates of edinburgh glasgow aberdeen perth and dundee what new york is wearing illustrated dressmaking lesson fur nished with every pattern by annebei ie worthington grass a mechanic of berlin has conceived tula now idea of a water riding automobile with special equipment any auto can be converted in a period of 15 minutes into a seagoing hack just the thing for detours destructive floods cause of erosion chinas diaster warning to countries being denud ed of forests ono of chinas greatest scourges tho flood is again spreading death and destruction over a wide area writes hugh hammond bennett in the ny times what is the reason for these periodic visitation entailing great loss of life and vast property i damage in chinas recurring mis i layer removed by unchecked washing i but tho exposed subsoil which now must bo farmed or abandoned is more difficult to till because of its usual high content of stiff clay it absorbs mois ture slower than the mellow loam now j gouo aud gives it up faster with the i increased baking of dry weather moreover the- washing is speeded up in many localities and it is at this stage of land depletion that gullying usually sets in over the less absorp tive eroded slopes water flows away with increased rapidity to augment hoods it takes just seven years under con- tiuuous corn cultivation in northern fortunes there is a warning to younger especially to america missouri and southern iowa for one civilizations especially to america iucu o an important type or rolling for although in china with its densely cornbelt soil to wash off land of gent- populated lands the flood waters are ly slol topography on steeper more appalling in their results tho havi a f e processes which are thero at work are a linear dls also to bo found as a menace to the te ralc removal is one inch in one future of the united states otlcr words unuor the i chinas history of floods is volumin- 1 vailiu s ot conl production in ous beyond comprehension after tuis resiou tho most productive part 4000 years of building levees and digl tho la the seve mches constl ging canals the great yellow hiver j tuu the topsoil is being washed broke over its banks in 1877 in an ap- away witlin from soven to torl palling overflow that brought death to years here tho vir soil produced 1000000 human beings in 1852 this lu sood years seventyfive bushels ot swollen titan changed its lower chan- 1 cor i acre the exposed subsoil pro- nel to enter tho ocean 300 miles north liuee3 at th0 rate ot bushels per acre about twenty ot its mouth on the yellow sea the yellow sea a part ot the pa cific ocean is colored with silt sweyt down from slopes far up tho yangtso kiaug and whang ho whose water sheds onco were clothed with forest3 and grass stripped of these stabiliz ing agencies in nature countless slop ing areas were cultivated without pro tection against the evils ot rainwash a process which has altered the sur face ot the earth moro than the com bined activities of volcanoes earth quakes tidal waves tornadoes and all the plant food removed from the fields and pastures ot america every year by erosion exceeds by twenty- one times that removed by the crops harvested that taken by crops can bo restored in the form of fertilizer but that removed by orosion cannot bo restored because this malevolent process takes tho whole body of tho soil plant food and all notwithstanding the vast continuing losses caused by erosion we are not yet on tho verge of a laud shortage the excavations of mankind since tho in spite of the appalling wastage we beginning of history every rain jar confronted with tho anomalous heavy enough to cause water to run situation ot having on our hands large downhill carries its toll of suspended j cropo surpluses with increasing uso soil eating away tho substance ot tho of fertilizers and soilimproving crops land down into the less stablo sub- together with the abandonment ot strata where the destructive process j wornout land for land still retaining to be just right the clothes of the growing miss must have a bit of dash the jacket dress so splendid for school wear has a definite smartness and practicality too for it is equally attractive when the jacket is dis carded speeds ou at accelerated pace under natures stabilizers ot forest shrub bsry and grass erosion works slowly with these removed by man and his do mestic animals the wastago is vastly increased there havo always been floods and thero always will bo thero is cvl- this jaunty model is delightfully donee nevertheless that no such carried out in yacht blue linen and mighty flood ever before marched to be ultrasmart it trims its jacket i down tho mississippi as the ono of with blue linen overplaided in deeper four years ago and now the yangtso shade the dress repeats the trim in is reported to have surpassed its own bows at the front and for the modish i record of deluges covering moro cap sleeves the skirt is so cute in boxplait effect at the front and cir cular at the back numberless fabrics are suitable for this swagger outfit as rayon novelties jersey and supple woolens in tweed effect style no 3145 may be had in sizes 0 8 10 12 and 14 years size 8 requires 3vi yards of 39inch material with yard of 35inch con trasting how to order patterns write your name and address plain ly giving number and sizo o such patterns as you want enclose 20c in stamps or coin coin preferred wrap it carefully for each number and address your order to wilson pattern service 73 west adelaide st toronto than 4000 years ot recorded history what wasteful erosion means when soil is washed out ot fields it cannot bo hauled back nor can it bo restored with fertilizers or boil-ltn- proving crops it can bo improved to ho suro but soil like tho virgin surfaco layer which avoragos only about niue inches deep over tho uplands of tho country cannot bo built hack to its original condition with somo of the somo ot its topsoil wo continue to produco abundantly in many locali ties however yields havo dwindled markedly wit all the improvement which has been made with corn varie ties and tho widespread betterment ot cultural methods our acreage yield of corn has not increased this means obviously that wo aro still cultivating much land ot inferior quality tho united statos department ot agriculture cooperating with tho states has recently inaugurated a na tional program ot soli conservation already much has been accomplished with field terraces and experiments under way indicate that stripcropping that is tho growing of soilsaving crops in strips along tho slopes alter nately with the cleantilled crops will i prove tremendously important a soil- saving culttivator recently devised at ono ot these experiment stations digs 10000 holes to every aero while oper ating as rapidly as any practical farm implement these oxcavations hold important agricultural soils of tho 0 oacll acrft ot al 50- country it has taken nature not less j 000 gallons ot watcr preventing than 400 years to build ono binglo inch ot this productivo humuscharged sur faco material tho principal repository ot available plant food and tho abid ing placo of incredible hosts of bene ficial microorganisms not on is tho moro productive runoff rains and erosion from numerous grey how long has meekleigh been married greone for twenty awed years south africas hippo passes huberta whose long trek through town and coun try endeared her to thousands rests in a museum capo town in tho kaftrarian mus eum at king williams town there stands a hippopotamus that gave south africa thrill after thrill tor more than two years for this enor- moui stuffed hide was onco huberta the hippo the famous roving animal that was looked upon by white south africans as a friend and by natives as the reincarnation ot a great chief flags were flown at halfmast in durban on tho tragic day when the assassination of huberta became known four farmers convicted ot the deed wore each sentenced to a fine ot 25 or three months hard labor a wave ot protest swept through the country aud a museum director wrote i have entirely despaired ot human nature there are some peo ple who cannot seo an interesting specimen without itching to take a pot shot at it how did huberta tho hippo capture the affection ot the vholo of south africa it is a diverting story to realize the sensation caused every where by the appearanco ot huberta it must be understood that south afri ca apart from a tew gamo preserves is no longer a wonderland of big game thousands ot people living in the cities havo never seen gamo ani mals execpt in captivity so when in november 1923 a fullgrown hippo potamus strolled into tho village of new guelderland fifty miles from dur ban the event received largo head lines iu all the newspapers huberta makes debut indians aud natives working in the fields ot sugareano were tho firstto raiso the alarm they heard a snort- iug and a bellowiug and ran for safe ty tho hippo remained until hun dreds ot peoplo were staring wide- eyed with astonishment then retreat ed into tho thicket undoubtedly this adventurous beast had wandered from the umfolosi sanc tuary near lako st lucia zulaland tho last known breeding placo of tho hippo within the borders of the union at first she was named billy by correspondents who rushed to tho spot but it was as hubert tho hippo that she became a national character it was not until after her death that tho mistake about her sex was dis covered aud she was renamed hu berta from the day of her first appear ance until her death huberta was a marked hippo after sho had startled tho plantation workers at guelderland sho quickly achieved notoriety an enterprising ress photographer went out among tho sugarcane but when ho leveled his camera huberta ehargod him curious crowds flocked to see her as they grew larger they annoyed hu berta moro and more and finally she moved off from that moment began her journeyings which wero to last two years and make her the most fa mous hippo that ever lived she moved first in tho direction of durban as sho approached tho city she passed through areas which grew moro and more thickly populated with every mile naturally the sensation she caused was enormous as she approached durban which is ono of the largest cities in south afri ca tho excitement grew hubert on his way said tho headlines they thought sho was a bull then and peo plo waited eagerly to seo where tho animal would make its next appear ance ot course had it boon neces sary an organized h mt could havo put an end to her career then and there but by this time hubor a was a public character sho ad roused the amuse ment even tho affection ot tho entire population it had been proved that sho was quito harmless occasionally sho charged people who were too in quisitive an unwelcome visitor her greatest escap followed sho called at a hotol just outsido durban one night appeared suddenly and gave somo of tho habitues a sovero nervous shock after this however sho do- wolfhound entry- mrs osborn of london eng land enters her irish wolfhound in tho richmond champion dog show into contact with civilization she made a wide dstour and was not heard of again until sho reached tho coast twenty miles south ot durban jour neying on she came to tho mouth of the umziuivubu river near port st john there sho settled down tor a time aud lived happily in the river but again her fatal curiosity got the better of her and one night she visited the village of port st john a town counselor so it is said was crossing tho square to a meeting ho flashed his electric torch iu front ot him and saw tho yawning mouth of a hippo ho did not attend the meeting huberta sat down in the square and soon the euliro population ot tho vil lage turned out to see her it was tho most exciting thing that ever hap pened in port st john or is ever like ly to happen there huberta bore the shouting ot men and women aud the barking of dogs for half an hour then she left port st john uover to return her wanderings had begun again hubertas odyssey now becamo a loss pleasant one the bloomfontein zoo had sent a party out to capture her alivo they were hard upon her trail cut huberta by this time had lived upon tho fringes of civilization for nearly two years she had de veloped amazing cunning she passed through areas inhabited by natives and they saw not tho least sign ot her then one day a fanner reported to the magistrate at peddie near king williams town that ho had seen a dead hippo in the river men wont to the spot and with eighteen oxen and chains hauled out the body it was huberta with bullet holes above her eyos she was a full grown cow hippo 9 feet 2 inches in length and with a girth of s feet 1 inch she must have weighed nearly four tons hvory paper in south africa pub lished an obituary museums quar reled tor tho right to preserve her hido thero was a popular outcry against the unknown marksmen who had shot her eventually four men made voluntary confssions thoy were charged under tho gamo laws and fined 125 each huberta will always bo remembered with affection in south africa to tho natives tho stuffed carcass will remain an object ot awo for generations while she lived they quickly surround ed her with legends to many of them sho was tho reincarnation ot ono of tho great chiefs ot the past who had come back to earth to cad tho bantu nation to the greatness that onco was theirs wheelbarrows should havo legs eighteen inches long according to british experts in industrial health cided that sho was coming too closely research c mutt and jeff thats his story hes stuck with it rtutt is piaviu m6 antat aholc awj miwk he ts-eu- atrlftt 6rrcjj0us in rtli tabuwittom thats a nappy cuvm jff i wim the hole by bud fisher 1 fh man tdlmh tjlt vou rally i london bridge is falling down that muchridiculed and antient jingla is perfectly right more than onco throughout tho slow procession of tho centuries loudon bridge wa observed to fall down not ot course all together sliding with a mighty splash into tho swirling waters below but rather with a disconcerting habit j of falling down piecemeal for c- ample tho fifteenthcentury dwellers ou the bridge witnessed more than their share ot such unsettling expjri- j ences for iu the year 1437 a stone i gate and a tower at th3 southwark end of the bridge subsided with its arches into tho river and later in the same century a house ou tho bridge just doubled up its timbers aud feii depositing an astonished family in tho thames hence the rhyme cannot be gainsaid it simply does not tell per haps the whole story it might as well bo pointed out at once that it was no part ot the present structure which fell that was built by sir james bonnie almost precisely one hundred years ago and it is not ably solid still for over it pass some times iu a single day 20000 vehicles and 100000 persons this much how ever must bo admitted in all fairness it has never been weighted down with houses and a palace with shops aud a chapel and stalwart gateways as was tho london bridge which did service for six and a half centuries tho lou don bridso which is invariably refer red to when tho namo is carelessly used tho bridge which was built by a monk petor of colechurch iu tho twelfth century a great deal is neces sarily expected of a bridge but it seems unreasonable to demand that iu addition to ils specified duties it support a street ot crowded houses proudest of all the days of old lon don bridge were those ot queeu eliza beths reign when the richest mer chants of london lived there when tho narrow roadway was tlauked with timbered houses indeed almost roofed over by thorn had tho elizabethan merchant and his damo so desired they might hav- lived iu their own house on the bridge perhaps facing the dazzling manywindowed nonsuch house and maintained themselves comfortaby by trading only at such shops as wero clustered closely about them and all the while i thames flow ed imperturbably on below it gave no heed to the monotony ot daily liv ing or to those frequent spectacular interruptions in the form ot pageants and tournaments revolutions and pil grimages yet the poet cowley des cribed tho river as stopped by tho house ot tht won drous street which rises oer the broad river lik a fleet and a popular proverb has it that loudon bridge was mado for wise men to go over and fools to go uu- der what tho proverb meant to im ply was that tho bridge getting very much in tho way of the river inter fered with its natural and rightful ac tivities it seems that tho piers which sup ported the bridge wcrj raised upon platforms called starlings built ot strong elm piles and covered by thick i planks which wero bolted together i thero being a coil derablo number ot i these starlings it is readily realized 1 how they hindered tho movements ot those who would pass upstream tho necessity of shooting tho bridgo be came both a pastime and a danger because ot the narrowness ot the space between tho starlinr- and the consequent compression of the riveh water in their vicinity it swirled aud eddied alarmingly tho bargemen shrieked warnings and clamored for thei rright of way such pandemonium prevailed that it is a marvel that dwellers upon tho bridgo could sleep o nights not caring to venture to shoot tho bridge cardinal wolsey coming from downstream always land ed mado ills way around the bridge by tho shore before returning to the cool comfort of his stately barge slowdy however the brilliant era o tho bridges career waned little by littlo changes crept in tho draw bridge galo was pulled down as early as 1577 and later much later ot course the old buildings wero removed as sheer precaution ot safely then tho onco narrow roadway was consider ably widened in 177g the last ot tho gates disappeared london bridgo was no longer in its hoydey it was indeed no longer supreme monarch ot tho rivor at london for a neighbor bridgo had come to bo stationed at westminster then 100 years ago all tho most modern machinery of that period was brought to accomplish tho building of the london bridge which we know today a bridgo which was formally opened by king william iv and queen adelaide it was not quito on the identical site of petor of colo- churchs longlived structure and per haps that is how it happens that long after a close observer might havo des cribed ton of peters original arches still standing guard over a civilization which had forgotten loudon bridge would perhaps nover have fallen all tho way down unless it had been pulled m w in tho christian scienco monitor kindness kindness adds sweetness to every thing it is kindness which makes litos capabilities blossom and paints thorn with their cheering hues and endows them with their invigorating presonce frederick w fabr