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fc li i r s ijtf gfaeaaaettabm s unday chop pssqn 16 lesson vi feb 7 jesus the light of the world john 7 i 9i 41 golden text i am the light of the world he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness but shall have the light of life john 8 12 the lesson in it setting time all the events in thi3 lesson occurred during the week of october 1118 ad 29 place all the events in this les son took place in the city of jeru salem again therefore jesus spake unto them saying i am the light of the world he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness but shall have the light of life in these nine verses we have a declarative statement by christ a repudiation of that statement by the pharisees who heard him and a defense of the truthfulness of his words by the lord himself jesus therefore said to those jews that had believed him if ye abide in my word then are ye truly my disciples surrender of mind heart and will to the power of christs doctrine must be complete and en during there must be more than a mere recognition of the striking personality of jesus there must be the reception of his word into conscience and heart and ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free later on the night before his death jesus in praying to the father again refers to the word of god as truth john 17 1719 if men accept the truth which christ teaches that is the truth about god about sin about satan about eternal life about holiness about love men will be free from the power of satan who deceives from the bondage of fear which is due to ignorance from the power of dark ness from sin itself and as he passed by he saw a man blind from his birth blindness from birth is a condition which no man could change especially no man could ever open his own eye3 ah the beauty of life is shut out from the world of a man born blind and his disciples asked him say ing rabbi who sinned this man or his parents that he should be born blind that the mans blindness was due to sin the disciples assum ed the question was was the sin committed by the man so afflicted or by his parents in one way the question seems foolish for the man was born blind before he ever could have sinned furthermore the question is based on a false assumpt ion not all suffering or physical handicaps are the consequences of sin in some immediate ancestor parents of most devout faith have been known to have children of im- becilic tendencies while there are parents who have given birth to children while living in scandalous sin whose children have lived for years without any physical suffer ing ultimately of course all suffering results from the fallen condition of the human race aaaasaas a jesus answered neither did this man sin nor his parents but that the works of god should be made manifest in him the lord deals only with the special case and that only so far as it is an occasion for action and not a subject for specu lation we must work the works of him that sent me while it is day the night cometh when no man can work we cannot think it strange that jesus should connect the mans blindness with his own appearance on earth born blind in order that jesus might give him sight when i am in the world i am the light of the world there is special reference here to christs giving light both to the mans eyes and to his soul when he had thus spoken he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointed his eyes with the clay a medicinal value was attributed to saliva above all for disorders of the eyes see also mark 7 38 8 23 neither are we without examples of a medicinal of clay still we must not suppose that besides his divine power the lord also used natural remedies or that these were more than conduc tors not in themselves needful for other blind eyes he opened without employing any such means matt 20 3034 and said unto him go wash in the pool of siloam which is by in terpretation sent he went away therefore and washed and came seeing the pool of siloam was 50 feet long 20 feet deep and 20 feet wide lying in the mouth of the ty- ropean valley water was drawn from it for the temple and it was supplied by the fountain of the virgin the obedience was that of faith feeble as yet but real and the reward that which is always promised to faith ven feeble if real the neighbors therefore and they that saw him aforetime that he was a beggar said is not this he that sat and begged others said it is he others said no but he is like him he said i am he here we have the first words from the man who was blind i am he his testi mony must be received he knew who he was they said therefore unto him how then were thine eyes opened the question is perfectly natural it does not intimate any unbelief or skepticism but a natural inquisi- tiveness anyone would ask this question he answered the man that is called jesus made clay and anoint ed mine eyes and said unto me go to siloam and wash so i went away and washed and i received sight the report of the blind man is vivid accurate clear and ought to be convincing there are no adornments here it is a simple statement of fact he relates what happened but actually how christ opened his eyes he does not know nnd no one else does we do not understand miracles we believe them farm problems conducted by professor henry g bell with the cooperation of the various departments of ontario agricultural college 1 question a farmer has- just taken over a greenhouse which con tains 25 tons earth prepared for to mato plant growing five years ago but never used this soil has been tested is natural in reaction con tains a fair amount of nitrate but is low in phosphoric acid and potash would an application of 01210 or 01215 at the rate of 25 lbs per 1000 square ft put this soil in suit able condition for growing tomato plants this spring rw north umberland co answer the addition of 01210 or 01215 fertilizer at the rate of 25 lbs per 1000 square feet would be equivalent to a little over 1000 lbs per acre this is a fair appli cation for outdoor use but i would be of the opinion that this could be almost doubled for indoor purposes such as you recommend you do not say whether or not the 25 tons of earth have been kept in a dry place and rain and snow have been prevented from falling on them of course if this soil has been kepi absolutely dry and no moisture has been added to it microscopic life will be at a low ebb in it on account of lack of moisture in this case it might fako the soil a short time to come back to its normal form i believe the treatments you suggest would put it in fair sliapc for to- mato plant growing 2 question 1 wish some infor mation regarding the building up of land which is in poor condition i have 45 acres fall plowing on which i would like to sow oats and seed down with 5 lbs of timothy and 5 lb of red clover and was wonder ing if lime and salt would bo a good thing to put on the land and if so how much per acre there is also 50 acres that i was thinking of summer fallowing and putting in fall wheat and the same mixture of grass seed would also like to know if lime and salt would be a good thing to put on for potatoes on land in good condition m g oxford answer- answering your ques tion regarding treatment of 45 acres of fall plowed land on which you purpose sowing oats and which land i understand is in poor condition i wish to say that use of lime and salt cannot be recommended with out testing the soil it is impossible for me to know whether the soil needs lime or not- if it is acid in reaction or sour lime will help if it is alkaline or neutral the addition of lime will do no good whatever the addition of salt merely hastens the robbing of the soil of its fertil ity the sodium of tie salt dis places the potassium of the soil hence benefit for a crop or two can be seen but in general the use of salt on the land corresponds to the use of the whip on the team most often more oats fed to the team give better results in labour which can be obtained from them similar ly the addition of plantfood to enjoys holiday in sun fylovieradio thomas o m sopwith noted british airplane designer and yachuman pictured with mrs sopwith as they sit in the aun at palm beach sopwith who has taken up the late sir thomas lip- tons mantle will race two yachts against americas best at new port r 17 next summer british tommies trained for civilian life preparing for a place in life after they leave the army british soldiers learn to lay bricks at the army vocational center at alder- shot after six months training at the trades they have chosen to follow they are given tools and jobs are found for them the soil in the shape of manure oi fertilizer or both will give much better and more lasting results than the use of salt with reference to the handling of the other 60 acres i would strongly advise against putting on lime where you purpose growing po tatoes since lime produces a condi tion where the potato scab thrives this fungus diseas is common in most of our older soils tsetse flies do not lay eggs they bring forth living larvae you may be skeptical but- youve laughed at the idea of a hare chasing a hound but heres irrefutable proof of an otterhound paling up with his tra ditional enemy the otter while hunting with the bure valley otter hounds near aylesham norfolk eng miss l townsend caught the young otter which she reared with the aid of a babys feeding bottle named pcrdita it is now a household pet and follows her about like a dog pcrditas greatest pal is an old otterhound but the young otter is boss and chases the old dog sometimes the strange pair arc seen here taking a stroll on the beach with their mistress igossip by dorothy there was a rather funny reaction to an interview that edward g ro binson gave a reporter for an italian nowapapt i some time ago he praised the work ot frank capra the director who is italian by birth saying that capra refused to direct gangster films ho remarked that he thought it was because capra did not waut to make pictures which showed his own peo ple in a bad light when the storm burst it hit not capra but robinson seems the italians thought gangsters wen something like senators an american institution of which tho americans were proud the long discussion over which ac tress would play the mother role in stella dallas has been settled at last it goes to barbara stanwyck who does seem a bit young for it but of course theres always the makeup an any way the part is to be rewritten to fit her at the moment the gone with the wind pursuit of a heroine is still rag ing but no doubt that will be settled in the same way some attractive dependable actress wuose screen work is known to the public everywhere will get it head of trust l f lord aboe recently was appointed manager of the 1000uu00 isuffieid trust for the special areas lord who is 40 and until recently the manag ing director of the morris organi zation and lord nuflields right hand man is regarded as a pro duction genius it is belieed that an important scheme for indus trial developments in the distress ed areas for which lord nuffield gave tho trust as a christmas gift is being prepared phil baker who has long been one of radios favorite comedians has learned a lot from what has happen ed to other men like him when they consented to make a picture and he is profitiug by what he has learned he knows that when the picture is released the comeirlans part may have been cut and cut until there is practically nothing left of it both samuel goldwyn and para mount want him to do his specialty in pictures but he has held on even to the extent of refusing 12000 to do his stuff the very funny ritz brothers who can be relied upon to send movie au diences into gales of laughter en countered something that was not so very funny to them when they had to learn to skate for one in a million the sonja henle picture thats all about skating with miss hentc do ing five big numbers the brothers simply could not learn to skate they could not even stand up on skates finally the difficulty was solved jy having special skates made for therm speaking of romantic stories even the movies cant beat the one of wal lace fords long search for his mother and his finding he just before the christmas season its about 38 years since she had to put him in an eng lish orphanage and ford found her living in an automobile trailer and the wife o a blind match seller nov he is going to do all the things for her that he has planned during the long years when ho was trying to find her probably nobody will ever tie able to explain why certain radio pro grams succeed any more than motion picture producers can tell why some pictures smash boxoffice records and others that seem just as good flop ter ribly there is a delightful radio program that has been going well for consid erably more than a year its called dot and will and sc far no spon sor has bought it yet the company has actual proof that thousands of people listen to it apparently a ot of old stories are to be remade during 1037 bon hur is up tor discussion maybe with both clar gable and ro bert taylor in it there was a time when if three fea tured players were in a picture it was advertised as hav ing an allstar cast ntw the producing companies put sev- era of their biggest stars into one pic ture and just take it as a matter of course p do the audiences bridge addicts there are about four million bridge players in america a very respect able total which needs no exaggera tion the estimate is based on the number of bridge cards sold per an num divided by the average number of decks used per family compare this if you please to the one million golfers 100000 registered chess play ers and three million tennis players the card game next in popularity to bridge is pinochle which is substan tially confined to cities and towns with a preponderantly german or ger- manjewish population player statis tics are unavailable but a reason able estimate can be made from the sale of piuochle decks which is only a fractional percentage of those used in bridge somewhere in the ratio ot one to fifty it might also surpriso many to learn that 35 per cent of all american bridge addicts still play auction the percen tage is rapidly decreasing however and is largely confined to the country towns as to the earnings of professional bridge players auy expert will ans wer truthfully albeit sadly unless ho happens to bo one of thoso who wish to convey the impression that they are very big shots indeed any play er who thinks he can earn a decent income by gambling at bridge is a fit subject for my definition of an ex pert an unbalanced mentality su perimposed on a misspent lite tho american mercury odds and ends hollywood is still regretting the death of irene fenwick lionel barrymores wife theirs as an exceptionally happy marriage and miss fenwick was very popular now that bette davis is back at work they are working her so hard that she barely has a chance to breathe to make up for the time lost when she was battling with the company after the thin man is just as funny as the thin man was so dont miss it and youll surely want to see beloved enemy with merle oboron and brian aherne and that girl from paris tilly losch who did a bit as a dancer in garden of allah may appear in remakes of some of greta gar- bos old pictures fifty dollars to europe leo cox in canadian business writes plans for the much mooted fiftydolarstoeurope ships are now being matured two 30000ton liners specially designed for tlia purpose are to be built at barrowinfurness it is said contracts for the new vessels will be signed earlj this year by a company to be known as the atlantic steam navigation company which will be popularly known as the atlan tic line its headquarters at present in loudoi will be located in liver pool accommodation will be avail able for 500 cabin passengers at bout sloc ppr trip and for 10u0 tourist passengers at 50 passengers will have a choice ot taking legvlar table dhote meals or of using the ships cafeteria the two liners will fly a wliitj bur gee with a bluelined swallow tail they will operate between new york and liverpool via dublin making the voyage in under a week on a regular schedule every ten days westand eastbound the original plan for such a ser vice was discouraged by the british government because it involved com petition with vessels in which the government was indirectly interested it is alleged major frank bustard sponsor of the scheme now says we re not going to xy to take a share in the present attenuated traffic wo are catering to an entirely new traf fic whether the operation of these ves sels on such a small return will ever ho profitable remalm to be seen evi dently the sponsor are banking on a mass patronage of cheap mean ot tra vel to and from europe most lines agree that it is an they can do to op erate theii ships on present rates let alone on further reduction n angry seas seethe and hiss at they roar acrosn the deck of the belgian trawler piergc marie which was flung against clffs at lnmorna cornwall england in recent gale four of the crew wer drowned- father has to pay writes the peterborough exam iner there are a good many sons who drive fathers car and for that reason alone there ought to be n good manj fathers interested in a judgment recently given in a ease where a son under lfi years of age was driving his fathers car james j denny was the owner of the car and he carried insurance with the guildhall insurance co ltd the son under lo years of ao was in an accident with another car and a young man was injured ac tion was instituted for 7000 dam ages the insurance company fought the case in court and secured settle ment by paying 1065 the next step was taken by the insurance company when it brought its case to court claiming it should be reimbursed for the payment be cause denny in allowing n boy un der 10 years of ae to divo tho had actually boken co tract with the insurance company at osgoode hail the answer was given and mr denny was told he was liable for the amount and would have to pay it to the insur ance company neither fathers nor sons are apt to tl in often of such affairs when the junior- want to lake the car out but that decision is sufficient to cause a little coii consideration within tho family circle in the mode n dairy barn ths floors an- n rote and ample gutters are provide most new barns which arc being built have sanitary steel stanchions in oter words the cows are given a chance to stay clean chutes are provided so that hay bedding and feed can be taken into the stable withou rais ing a great amount of dust many large windows provide ample sun light in this kind of barn odors nro reduced to a minimum nothing worse could happen to milk than to have it contaminated with foul stable odors