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sunday school lesson april 24 lesson iv abrams gen erosity to lot genesis 13 515 golden text in honor preferring one another romans 12 10 analysis i the dispute vs 57 ii a cenerous proposal vs 8 9 iii a fateful decision vs 1013 iv the sovereignty of cod vs 14 15 introduction todays lesson forms at once the continuation of the stor of the migration of abram and lot into canaan 12 18 and also the introduction to the story of the visit of the three strangers to abram chapter 18 and of their visit to lot chapter 19 it is a very human account abram and lot were uncle and nephew 12 5 together they migrated to canaan and together they wandered through the land doubtless lot was drawn to his uncle by th lattcrs greatness of soul and auda cious faith credit should therefore be given him for his appreciation of spiritual greatness the two men had no difficulty in dwelling together until a miserable squabble about pro perty drove them apart i the dispute vs 57 although he had not come to can- aan for hope of gain abram had be come wealthy there lot his partner shared in the prosperity on the whole the men of the old testament believed that devotion to god leads to prosper ity abrams conspicuous wealth would serve to illustrate and confirm that conviction now one of the dan gers of wealth is that it may sow ho seeds of discord as long as abram and lot were not too rich they got tong together amicably as their means increased however their rela tionships became complicated and pre carious they were nomads shifting at intervals from place to place and their possessions consisted chiefly of flocks and herds ample pasturage and watersupply was all important but as their flocks and herds multiplied the supply of water and fodder became quite inadequate the land was not able to bear them it frequently happens that the increase of their flocks and herds compels nomadic peo ples to separate bickerings arose among the herdsmen about the rights to pasturelands and wells and thi dispute once kindled spread to their masters a significant touch is given to the narrative in the statement that the canaanito who lived in walled town- and the perizzite country folk living in open villages dwelt then in the land it was a scandal that abram and lot both committed to te high adventure of faith should quarrel before their heathen neigh bors ii a generous proposal vs 8 9 abram now rose to the full stature of his moral greatness his calm strong figure says strachan rebuk ed all petty feelings in the midst of strife he was tranquil and self- possessed his speech was gentle and courteous first he condemned strife especially when as in their case the sacred ties of kinship should bind them together then he propos ed that peace should bs maintained by separation the patriarchs were men of peace although the world around them was continually aflame with strife and war their principle was to win peace by isolation if one can not live amicably with another then it is better to separate from him the christian principle we believe is higher to turn ones foe into a friend by the way of selfsacrifice abrams proposal involved him in a great re nunciation as the older of the two he could have claimed the right to the first choice of the land but this right he generously waived aside iii a fateful decision vs 1013 in contrast to abram lot was self ish and covetous a man who had his eye upon worldly success it never occurred to him forthwith to concede to abram the choicer portion of the land from the elevation at bethel where they stood v 3 the two en joyed a wide outlool over the land on the west rose the austere highlands of judah and on the east below them lay the fertile valley of the jordan to the covetous lot the plain of the jordan resembled in fertility the garden of eden or egypt where har vests are uniformly good from the inundation of or irrigation from the nile so lot chose the jordan valley his decision was made without con sideration of the character of the neighbors among whom he would live for the jordan valley was known not alone for the fertility of its soil but for the great wickedness of its in habitants especially the men of sodom lot had therefore none but himself to blame when later he became involved in the ruin of sodom chap ter 19 iv the sovereignty of cod v3 14 15 the purpose of gods appearance to abram was not only to assure him that he had done the right and wise thing but to remind him that the fu ture possession of the land rested not alone on human choice but on the sovereign will of god the decisions of men are overruled by the unfail ing purpose of god 11yearold snooker player brazilian finds weighty diamond diamantino brazil a diamond of fabulous size the largest ever found in brazil has been dug up by a pros pector near here the diamond weighing 574 carats is one of the largest in the world a rio de jan eiro broker offered 80000 for the stone but the prospector was reported to have rejected the offer a diamond of 574 carats is of ex traordinary size the largest aver found in the kimberley mines of africa weighed 442 carats and tha largest found in the de beers minm 503 carats the largest diamond ever found was the famous cullinan in south africa which was of 3024 car ats it was presented to king ed- wardvii and was cut up into smaller stones to be added to the crown jew els no diamond even remotely ap proaching it in size has been found in several instances however dia monds weighing more than 500 carats in the rough have been found they are invariably reduced considerably in cutting 38ffi3t photo shows margaret quian the elevenyearold schoolgirl who reached the semifinal iu the womens snooker champiouship held in england recently soviet unable to satisfy demand for amusements moscow despite intensive con struction of theatres motion picture houses and circuses the demand for tickets all over the country far ex ceeds the supply in the capital long lines of theatre lobbies have become an almost permanent feature the queues stretch from the box office into the street statistics recently made public indi cate the speed with which public in terest iu theatrical entertainment has developed figures for the russian federation of republics which in cludes some 90 per ceut of the total population follow theatre attendance 1930 30000- 000 193170000000 motion picture attendance 1930 173000000 1931 s17000000 circus attendance 19305000000 19318000000 6000yearold relics are unearthed in india mysore india relics of a race which lived in the deccan 6000 years ago made pottery with remarkable skill and attained a considerable de gree of culture have been discovered in the chandravalli valley near chitaldrug six different levels each making a ground surface on which an ancient ls not to make up the total amount lost by evaporation from the wall of the pot this water added to the surface of the soil penetrates through the uper third of the soil and then gradually is drawn to the absorb ing wall of the pot the lower third of the pot still de mands water to make up for that evap orated and continues to draw upon the soil moisture in the lower section of the soil until the moisture is entirely withdrawn the soil in this section be comes powder dry and the active root system in this region dies the des truction of an important part of the water given to the same mass of soil in a clay pot the clay pot as used by the florist on a moist surface such as cinders soil or sand draws most ot its moisture from the moist surface on which the pot rests and only a fraction from the moisture within the pot this process keeps the pores of the pot filled with moisture when water ls added to the surface ot the soil in pots on a moist bed the water may be all absorbed by the soil mass and not shared by the clay pot if clay pots must be used in the home they should rest on a moist sur face a practice similar to that of the florist thi3 condition is easily met by filling the saucer with moist sphagnum moss this sphagnum moss is the type utilized by florists for holding flowers in wreathes and it is relatively inex pensive compared with the price paid for potted plants painting clay pots inside and out side makes this typo o pot more prac tical for home grown plants the paint by filling up the pore spaces destroys the evaporating surface and make3 the pot more ornamental as well a pot may be porous or non- porous without any injury occurring ment of botany at the massachusetts to tlie plant i cuuural practices are state college in amherst has revealed adap to the type of pot when non- some interesting facts about plant con- po containers are used less fre- talneis quent watering shoull be the practice lower soil impoverished the clay pot kept on a moist soil by the commercial grower of plants very satisfactory because it is on a moist surface in the house the pot ted plants on a dry surface usual ly a saucer- the pot itself is evapor ating moisture into the air an air which during the colder months ls probably drier than the atmosphere of death valley though water is added to the potted plant as a dally chore it why plants die in modern homes experiment proves tin cans used in grandmothers day are best our grandmothers were right they grew good plants la tin cans some times punching holes in the bottoms of the cans for drainage a window in a stuffy kitchen or a chilly room was their greenhouse today with our bettered home conditions there are very few people who can buy a luxuri antly growing plant from a florist and keep it healthy in wellheated well- ventilated welllighted homes such plants as ferns and begonias soon turn yellow and die back to a skeleton framework of stalks and stems the more resistant plants such as rubber plants and aspidistra may appear healthy for a long time yet they grow but slowly if at all now we know why our grandmoth ers could grow good plants it was because of the nonporous tin can an investigation conducted by the depart- fog of platinum richest of mists new york platinum is caused to evaporate like water by a discovery announced from the california insti tute of technology this precious vapor probably the worlds highestpriced mist condenses into unimaginably thin films upon a wide variety of materials it coats them virtually permanently smoother than dew it will cover fibres converting them into pliant filmy threads that seem made of pure platinum these threads are prized as wires for various precision instru ments a midas might even be able to pay for a platinum gown the process was developed by dr john strong national research fellow who reports it in the physical review a natural scientific journal formerly the nearest approach to platinum mist has been the process of sputtering in which the molten metal is reduced to minute droplets and sprayed like paint dr strong produced evaporation in a vacuum by a slight change of meth ods which had failed the heai is supplied by a wire or filament of tungsten one of the metals with a higher melting point than platinum the failures occurred when platinum was laid in the glowing tungsten coil apparently too much heat was lost in the small space separating the metals so dr strong tried electroplating the platinum directly upon the tung sten wire and that worked to perfec tion people once lived were revealed by excavations the most recent strata was 800 years old the lowest marked the level of 6000 years ago in this lowest strata the pottery and other relics of stone and iron ages were found the stone age relics i were ornate with geometrical floral and other designs the discoveries are considered to indicate a degree of culture equal to that of the campig- nian of france and get ulan of africa with the added caution that the plant in such containers should never be watered if the soil is wet to the touch the nonporous pot is adapt able to home and office culture of or namental plants particularly so if no one is present to care for the plants over a weekend or holiday plant containers of glass metal and rubber have been used with consider ably more success in homes and offices than the clay flower pot the better distribution of soil moisture in the nonporous containers is equaled only by the clay pot on moist sphagnum moss with such containers attention and care in watering are considerably lessened the plants will survive the weekend absence from the office and iu the home we may have more luxuri ant plants linus h jones in ny heraldtribune soviet students face pay cut for failures tashkentxjssr soviet college students who cut classes and flunk examinations soon may find literally that it does not pay sotting a course which other institution are expected to follow the middle asia state uni versity here has abolished the system of equal pay for all students in favor ot one measured by work they accom plish wave organ made by electric hums belleville out after seven years of experimenting mr morse robb root system ls necessarily felt by the announces he has perfected a small us expands helium plant to meet increasing needs amarillo tex since the federal government has gone into the building of lighterthanair craft in earnest the united states helium plant near amarillo has been remodelled to in crease production and improve the quality of gas the first plant unit in operation four years has been rebuilt to increase itfc capacity 50 per cent and now embodfcs improvements made when a second unit was constructed two years ago bureau of mines officials told con gress in 1928 that the first unit would produce 10000000 cubic feet a year the purity of helium produced at the plant never fall- below 98 per cent compared with 94 to 96 per cent at the old fort worth plant in 1926 and improvement which means an in crease of about two tons in the lifting power of a dirigible like the akron more than 9 per cent of the helium content of the natural gas which is about 175 per cent is being re covered with the macon now under con struction and the akron in operation the army and navy will need about 20000000 cubic feet of helium a year compared with a present capacity of the amarillo plant of about 36000000 feet what new york is wearing by annebelle worthixgtox illustrated dressmaking lesson fur nished with every pattern foliage part of the plant which dies j wave organ which he said has the back in proportion to the destroyed feeding roots the nonporous container grandmother with her tin can plant container had no such worry about the uneven distribution of moisture in the soil there was no evaporating wall to dissipate the water intended for tha plant the water added to the power of the largest pipe organ but ocupies only about as much room as an ordinary writing desk demonstrating his organ mr robb son of mr w d robb vicepresident of the canadian national railways explained that this invention is one which produces musical tones from electrically induced vibrations rather college students in the soviet union surface of the soli was soon evenly than f rom wowin air through pipes are paid by the state so that they may i distributed throughout the soil mass j u wil1 niay hke an or defray ttieir living expenses while and furthermore grandmother did consoe wlth manuals pedals and studying the salary ranges from 50 not have to water the plants every j st monthly for single men and women up day for the soil in such containers to twice that amount for married stu- dries out very slowly and requires per i one discreet enemy is better than dents week but about half the amount of two indiscreet friends brazil trains athletes for first olympic entry rio de janiero for the first time brazil is turning an interested eye to ward international sports participa tion and in particular is evincing a de termination to compete in the olympic gaies in los angeles colif next august the brazilian sports federation representing the fourteen major ath letic clubs in brazil has appealed o athletes for early training so that a strong delegation may be sent to com pete in all olympic divisions spartan rules have been laid down for the se lection of athletes each athlete must submit to an examination before a special committee he must prove himself not only physically fit but must show a high psychological rat ing he must be in top form by june 15 when examinations will be held indications are that 3000 ath letes will seek positions on the team 2644 just a glance at this new model and you can see how beautifully over weight has been disguised it has the long vslimming bodice arrangement graceful sleeves and cleverly cut skirt with bias hip seam ing it is carried out in printed and plain crepe silk its a style that also adapts itself perfectly to the supple woolens so im portant in the smart womans ward robe youll like it especially in black diagonal woolen with vest of beige wool crepe style no 2644 is designed for sizes 36 38 40 42 44 and 46 inches bust size 36 requires 3h yards of 39inch material with yard of 35inch con- tisting you can also carry out the chic black and white scheme in cantoi crepe how to order patterns write your name and address plain ly giving number and size of such patterns as you want enclose 20c in stamps or coin coin preferred wrap it carefully for each number and famous bells of the world address your order to wilson pattern service 73 west adelaide st toronto tug a doorway for church use mos to londoners the sound of bow bells would be missed as much as that of big ben booming its hourly message from the houses of parliament like the historical bells of other cities and villages both chiniesjiave become as sociated with the daily life of the com munities that hear them they are counted on like good friends on both sad and glad occasions since early times bells everywhere have summoned brides to church the devout to prayer the populace to war a composer wove luto a piece of music the variant tones of church bells lie heard across a valley in france and called it the valley of the church bells poets have traced their in spiration to the bells of some humble chapel on a rivers briuk thomas moore wrote hells as musical as those that on the golden shafted trees of eden shook by the eternal breeze did he draw his theme from the koran which relates that bells hang ing on the trees of paradise are set in motion by wind from the throne of god as often as the blessed wish for music as the curfew tolled the knell of parting day so for ages have village bells knelled for the welfare ot a de parting soul once they were held potent against all evils no longer ago than 1852 the bishop ot malta ordered the church bells to be rung for an hour to lay a gale ot wind iu france up to a decade or two ago it was not un usual to ring church bells to ward oft lightning bells signaled seasons and fetes there were the pancake bell the har vest and seeding bells the oven bell the oven bell was rung once a week on the day when the mayor prepared his spacious facilities for the baking of the villagers bread at the sum mons each housewife look up her bread pan and hurried with it to the central oven the pancake bell still rings in certain villages of europe on shrove tuesday to summon the forget ful to confession the seeding bell tells when it is time for the farmer to plant the harvest bell sounds warn ing to prepare for threshing while church bells were heard in france before chimes were hung iu whitby abbey in england the year 080 it was not until the eleventh cen tury that switzeraud and germany be gan to regard the bell as a useful fac tor in community life later he who commanded the bell commanded the town the bellringers were persons of importance heralds of good and bad tidings there was cast in moscow the largest bell iu the world it was known before the revolution as the czars or monarchs bell this 202ton giant nineteen feet high cracked be fore it left the foundry and was never hung made of gold silver and copper alloys in 1053 it was one of the trea sures of the age two hundred years afterward the bell was placed upon a granite base and converted into a little chapel the break in the casting form- australia plans state radio for cultural broadcasting sydney australia a novel plan for the broadcasting of high class edu cational and entertainment programs is contemplated by j w fenton post mastergeneral of australia when the new broadcasting commission gets into its stride a bill authorizing the common wealth to take over control of all broadcasting in australia is now be fore parliament and is expected to be 768ltand gwitstf inpauus cow molded another bell it is this 128ton bell that is heard today with other chimes in the city beside the river moskva where church bells un der the soviet each mouth grow fewer burma has a 117ton gong peiplng has its fiftythreeton chime paris in notro dame and vienna in st stephens have bells weighing eigh teen tons montreal ranks next with a twelveton bell the bell at st peters lit rome is of eight tons many bells are known by name as great tom in oxford which was cast penny for debts san salvador salvador children in all schools of the republic of sal vador will contiibute one penny each week to aid the government in wip ing out its foreign debt under a plan just announced landlady how do you like this room as a whole sir new lodger as a hole its all right as a room not so good passed fenton said that when the rew commission was formed every effort would be made to establish sep arate designated stations which would broadcast the most important literary scientific and other intellectual dis cussions along with the highest class of music including selected programs from england for rebroadcasting canadas art toronto canada has truly an art her own fred s haines curator of the toronto art gallery told the board of trade club in an addrass here on art as a philosophy ot life j art he said should be an expres sion of the people and of the times big bcu was named for sir benjamin hall president of the board of public works in 1851 when the new houses of parliament were completed he was a big man with a grand voice which he used effectively to carry through plans tor buildings and bell diana rice in ny times magazine mutt and jeff by bud fisher a flower a day keeps the date away i ntuee saw rtefti stttt twt ml stts woulv rocooniig m by c on- wrm should vou bt am ekcptlofvr ifesml marconi to help build television santa marghorita italy signor gugliclmo marconi who announced recently that he hud made successful tests of a new shortwave radiotele phone disclosed that he ls turn ing his attention to television i expect soon he said to be able to see my family in new york while i speak with them by wireless telephone the new shoitwave telephone will have its first practical application with an installation for pops pius be tween tha vatican and his summer home at castel gandolfo there also will bo a commercial installation be tween naples and capri the service will be used for communication with italys island possessions with ships and airplanes it should bo useful said signor marconi for averting ship collisions or in the fog town plants 15000 trees santa clara calif the city is di recting tho planting of 15000 shade trees at a ranch near here when they are ready for distribution ther will bo given to property owners with out charge for improvement work th city expects to propagate enough treea to plant along all of its streets a new hygrostal has beoo lurea- ed that automatically controls th humidity of the air in a room