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CUNDAY rSy^OLEssoN (^ AN AMBASSADOR IN CHAINS. Acts 25: ).12; 28: 16-31; Komans 5:1-11; IMiilipiJinns 1: IMl; 4: 22. GOI.DKN TKXT. â€" I can du all things in him that strciiglht'neth mt'. Philippians 4:13. THK LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time. â€" Paul's first Komnn im- prisOTimcnt was :il)(iut .\.D. i'lfil; his final one, A.D. GG. Place. â€" The city of Home. THK PLAN OF THE L1':SS0N SU15JECT: How It Ilappenoil That the Apostic Paul Went to Rome and lli.H Lahors in Tluit City for the Gos- pel of Christ. l(i. An>l when we entered into Rome. Home was the ^enter of the world as no other city was before or (?vcr has been since. 17. .Vnd it came to pass, that after three days he called together those tViat Were t!ie chief of the Jews: and when they were come together^ he said unto them, I, brethren' though I had done nothing against the peo- ple, or the custom.i of our fathers, yet was delivered prisoner from Jer- u.sulem into the hands of the Ro- man.^: 18. Who, when they had ex- amined me, desired to set me at lib- erty- because there was no cause of death in me. 19. But when the Jews spake against it- I was constrained to nppeal unto Caesar; not that I had aught where of to accuse my nation. The decree by which all the Jews had been banished from Rome (Acts 18: 2) during the reign of Claudius was evidently now no long- er in force. 20. For this cause therefore did I entreat you to see and to speak with nio: for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain. "The hope for which Paul suffeied was tv/ofold: (1) the expectation of the Messiah as bringing in a kingdom of heaven which was eherislied by every Israelite; (2) the hope of a re.-surrection from the dead, which he proclaimed as attested by the rcsur- rectioti, which proved that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God." 21. And they said unto hinv We neither receive letters from Judaea concerning thee nor did any of the brethren come hither and report or speak any harm of tliee. The Jews do r.ot say that they ha>: never heard of Paul, but siniply that they had had no rcpoit fium othi r Jews out.iide trie city of Rome, nor had any of liis f.'l!')'.v-criui>.try;iien spoken evil of liini. 22. Rut v.c d-.ir.' to hrai- of tliee wl:;>t tho,: Ihinkc-'. : for as cnncern- in;r I hi.; snt, it is known to us that evcryv, h I,' it is spoken ag;i;n..t. "It i< f|'ii!'> (• >nc(i-. aS^e lh:it in tlie capi- C'.l v/i'.ii it.! tv.ii million in!:aMtants, the J-'AS v.lio had only recently re- ttiriied t'l the city sliould know noth- ing: b.'VMvl wlnl i-; liiTe inoicrilcd in RT !i ;â- ,!,( r;il leriiis of a poor and oh â- â-  till' sict who dwi'll no I'.r.ger in til- Je'.'.i'i ijuart"!'." 2.'!. .An.l wh'-n tli'V h:id iippoiiited him a day, liny crime to him into his lodjtiiig in y.tc-.a number From the phra.u- "his loileiiiir," it would appear that' for th" cirlier part of Puiil'.i conlinement in the city of Rome- he "was allowed to accept the hospitality of the Christ â- an body, and, though chained to a guard, yet to be resident in a house wliich his friends had provided for him an<l where he was- as far as he could be UMfler the circumstances, treated as their gue>l." To whom ho expound- ed the mailer. The word here trans- lated "expounded" means "to set out," "to cxijose," "1(1 set forth," "to dee! tre." and i- found in the New jTeilain'-nl only in the book of Acts (II: l IS: 2il, an. I 7: 21. of the ex- po.iure of M.ise.i). Testifying the kingdom of God- and per-iuading them concerning Jesus, both from (he law of Moses and from Ihi prophets, from morning till evening. What a wonderfi I privilege it would have been lo lisli-n to the great apostle unfolding th(> glories of the Lord Jesi. 1 a I revealed in the Old T<'sla- meitt I 21. And some Ix-lirved the things .whi<-h were spoken, :.nd some disbe- lieved. Even the great apostle- with nil of his learning and power of per- BUanion- with a blameless life, and an overwhelming love for nien, was not able to per.'iunde all who heard him that Jesus was the Chris', the Son of God. no. And he abode two wlode years in his own liired dwelling. It is be- Ijtived that Paul was tried before CJae.sar, acipiitted, ami releasj and that liu made anothei- Intensive mis- Bioiiaiy journey, was brought bac k to Rome- was tried the second time and executed by the command of Nero. During this second imprisoinnent, Paul wrote the two epistle.s to Tim- othy and his epistle to Titus. Ami received all that went in unto him, 81. preaching the kingdom of God, â€" _ and leaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ. This is one of the few places in .\cts where the full title "the Lord Jesus Christ" is given. With all boldne.-;:!. The apost- les- early in the days of their per- secution, asked God that they might have boldness in proclaiming the nies.<age he had given them (Acts 4: 29, ai sec Phil. 1: 20; Eph. 0:19). None forbidding him. "The kssue is that the witness is unhindered; in spite of emperors, enemies, prison- and chains. (>. For while we were yet weak. Every sinner is utteily impotent to deliver himself from the power of sin, to wash himself clean from the stain of sin. In due season Christ died for the ungodly. The time here referred to is the perfect time in God's eternal purpose (Gal. 4: 4; Mark 1: 15). 7. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for peradvonture for the goo<| man some one would even dare to die. "The word right- eous is applied to a man who does all that the law or justice can de- mand of him. 8. But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners- Christ died for us. For a good man some would die; for a merely righteou.i man hardly any one would die; but for u.^, .sinners, rebellious, vile- unworthy, ungrate- ful- dead in our sins- Christ, God's only Son would die. 9. Much more then, being now jus- tified by his blood, shall we be saved from the wrath of God through him. The argument here is that if Christ so loved us as to pour out his own blood that wo might be acceptable to God, we may be fully persuaded that we are forever delivered from the wrath to come. 10. For if, while we were enemies, we were reconcile, to God through the death of hi; Son. The word en- emies is applied to men not only as descriptive of their moral character. but also of the relation in \ hich they stand to God m the objects of his displeasure. "To be reconciled to God does not mean to have our en- mity to God removed, but his enmity to us taken out of the way, to have his righteous justice satisfied. Much more- being reconciled, shall we be safer by his life. Literally we might read, "kept safe in his life." 11. And not only so- but we also rejoice in (iod through our Lord Jesus Christ- through whom we have now received the reconciliation. The benefits of our redemption are by no means all in the future. The fact that tl:e future for us is one of se- curity and peace gives us a .sense of peace now, and the fact that God so loved us Qs to give his Son causes us to continually rejoice in God now. No matter what our circumstances, no matter how disappointed we .are with ourselves, even if we have been tempted into sin- nothing can dis- turb or take away from us these marvelous gifts of God's grace. FARM NOTES Coiuitictcd by PHOFHSSOR MliNKV G. Blfl.L With the Co-Operation of the Various OeiJarlnientt of tha Ontario Agricultural Colleje. One-Eyed Sheep Dog Champion of World LONDONâ€" Seven-year-old Roy is the most vahiulile slu-.-p Uo;j; in the world, yet he has been blind in one eye since he was a pup. He i)roved his superiority' over the sheep dog star.< of Britain by winning the international champion- ship at .Ayr. This is the second time uoy has won the supreme championship. J. M. Wilson, or Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, his former owner, has lost count of his victories. And his succe.-ses have been gain- ed without much interference with the normal life of bis clogs. "I do not believe in special tieatn-.ent," he says. "My dogs work, eat an.l sleep like all other shepherds' do;;?. "I believe absolutely in heredity. Blood and brains always win. "It all depends on the dog. All the teaching in the world will not change a stupid dog into a champion. "There is one rule I have never broken. I have never hit a dog. "I believe that a well-bred sheep- dog under.^tands a reproachful look or word." Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is negotiat- ing v.-ith Joan Bennett for his Lon- don production of "Jumj) to Glory." A New Venture Gets Off to a Flying Start 1. Question: "What is t'r.e cause of water core in turnip.sT What is the remedy? Would the ajiplicatlon of .some particular analysis of fertilizer prevent the trouble'.'"â€" G. W. M.. Wellington. Answer: As yet the cause of water core in turnips has not been satis- factorily explained. From observa- tion, it has been noted that water core occurs in largest <iuantity in a crop that has suffcied a definite set- back such as drought early in its growth, followed by a generous supply of moisture later in the sea- son. Indications are that water core is more likely to appear on knolls which are short of organic matter and which are dried out early in the season. Water core has appeared in largest ciuantity on gravelly or sandy loam soils specially on those which contain considerable limestone. Dur- ing the past two or three years, we have made a number of tests of fer- tilizers on turnips, and while profit- able increases have been obtained, still there is no indication from our tests that water core can be elimin- ated by variation in fertilizer an- alysis. Within the past few days, we have found turnips growins; on medium silt loam soils where water core was entirely absent. On the other hand, turnip crops on gravelly loam soils not many miles distant, gave from 20 to .'ij per cent, water core. Borax applications varying from five to ten pounds per acre were tried. On one farm, less water core was found where Borax was applied than where none had been used. On the other farms it had little effect. 2. Question; "I have a small patch of strawberries. I think the ground needs fertilizer of some kind. What would you advise? How would you advise using it an.) v,-lien? Do you put it on tl-e plant foliage, or how? What quantity would yciu use? Of v.hat value is Bone Meal as a fertil- izer?" F. P. S., .-MgoniB. -Answer: In setting out a patch of strawberiies, greatest success will be obtained by giving a generous ap- plication of barnyard manure, prob- ably in advance of planting out the strawberries. At sowing time use fertilizer such as a 4-8-10, at the rate of two bags per acre. This should give the jilants a good start. In early fall, supplement this application by a top dressing of nitrate of soda at the rate of 200 pounds per acre (other nitrogen carriers can be used witli goo i success). When applying this type of dressing, do so when the foliage is dry so that it will not stick to the plant. There is little danger of burning if the fertilizer is not allowed to conta.t the plants in large quantitie.^. Bone Meal is valuable as a canier of phosphate, carrying 22 pounds tri- calcic phosphate to the 100 pounds. Since this phosphate it largely in organic form, it has to .vait decay or break down before it is available to the growing crop. This takes place very quickly when it is applied to the soil. It is not so readily avail- able as super-phosphate, but Bone Meal has the advantage of carrying about two per cent, nitrogen in the tissues that adher to the bone. 3. Question: "A fruit grower in the Brighton district has a block of spy trees 20 years of age. These trees are in splendid plTysical condi- tion and yield reasonably good quan- tities of apples, but the color each year is distinctly poor. These trees receive liberal supplies of farm- yard manure and cover crops are cut and piled around the trees within a radius of the branches. The orchard is cultivated within eight feet of the trees each way. These trees have n jt been pruned very much in order that they make goocJ growth. What can be done to secure bettor color in the apples?" â€" R. W., Northum- berland. .-^n-iwer: 'From tiie description of the treatment, we could conclude that the nitrogen supply lias been increased a little beyond the desir- able balance, with the result that rijicning and color of fruit has been retarded. We would advise pruning at the proper time, and to cut out the nitrogen in fertilizer applied to this orchard in the ne.XT season or two. There is indication that pho.s- phate and potash both have a bear- ing on the color of fruit, hence we would recommend fertilizing these trees with 10 to 13 pounds per tree of 0-12-15 fertilizer. Scatter this quantity around the trees approxi- mately to the distance covered by the branches. Work the fertilizer fairly deeply into the soil if pos- sible." â- 1. Question: "When is tiie best time to sow fertilizer on meadowi^ and the best analyjia to use, als4 the sar.-.e about old pastures â€" what kind to use, and when?" â€" N. E .B, Perth. Answer: From tests conducted bj the 0..\.C., it i3 evident that o^ mixed meadows best results oi meadows and pastures nave beei obtained from such fertilizers as 3. 10-5 and 4-12-G. The.se fertilizer! help early grass and give a constant, vigorous growth. On old pastures, excellent results have been obtained in our tests from application of th« latter fertilizer, 4-12-6, at the rat* of three bags per acre. In applying either to meadow or pasture, the ter- tilizer can be sown broadcast on th« grasslands in the fall or in the spring. Our tests seem to indicate that spring application as soon as the ground is sufficiently dry, is probably the most practical in this province. Strikes Smart Note Blonde an.l uinsoi::? Uctiy Kurness of the lilms in her attractive suit of deep marine blue skirt, topped with a lighter hlue wool jacket with wide Persian lamb trimming. Fur triiumed felt hat wito new hi.?h crown is of matching shades of blue. I) i:;:l.i; l-'airl a.-.i.:;. I.;:; \ i,-- il.-lli and l!i-nita llii:;;,-. I; . , ,.;.,.,.;, lioardlnK plam- ai l..is .\Mi;eI's for l!l^llt to New York, v.lien- l-'aiibanks conl'erred with Cary Cooper, wlio will .'.tar in lirst Illm of Fairbanks' n-'w venture an a nicivi-- prochieer. • ><<o>x<<<ox<<<<«>:<<»:<<<*>>>>:«>>>:«:»>>>:»>>i«:>>>>:»>>>: The Book Shelf BY MAIU M M()K<;aN Safety Guaranteed During a Gas Attack "Letters To Susan" by Mar- garet Culkiii Banning (The Miis- .'ion Book Company Ltd., Toronto) .i;i.7.'i, is a hundlxiok all mothers who have daughters of college age will welcome. These letters are the outi-inwth of a discussion bc-j;un in Harper's Magazine on the subject "What a Young Girl .'-'lioiild Km )w." Mrs. Hanniiig attempted there to set clown from a ]iersonaI and indi- \idual |)oint (if \iew the differ- c-nt kinds of knowledge and the abilities which she thought should be developed in the education of the modern young woman, and the reasons for them. This discussion proved highly |ii-ovocalivo and led to widespread 1 (irrespondence, with re<|uesls for reprints and extr;i copies. So many ili-maiids leached Mrs. Manning for nil expansion of her ideas to include nil phases of the modern ludblem that the volume came in- to being. Written in the form of letters. Mrs. Banning discusses such prob- lems as: Marly Marriage; A Job of Her Own; Petting; Drinking; Other People's Houses; Loyalty; Ment;il Security. Here arc a few thin;-;; Mrs. Haiiniiig expects her seventeen- year-old daughter to do: Meet strangers pleasantly; handle her own personal expenses on » small allowance and not ask for additiomil mone.v ; dance well; face stag lines at parties; read intelligently; order food for simple but formal meals. Select nuuiy of her own clothes and have suitable ones ready for all her sports and activities; keep these clothes reasonably clean and fresh; refrain from drinking without being priggish; prevent boys who "took her out" from incliilgin;r in necking, driv, a car without aic-idents. wash it, ehanga a tire if necessary; swim, ride; play golf; take part in .sports generally. i.ondin already haa one olllco biiUdiug equipped with a cellar stated to ti proof agahuit InPltraHon of I.olson gas. The place has nir locks iiml la so ilevlse ,i t|,nt gas tilled air is Hltored throuisii a gpecUl At- nco armed aK"inst all known types of dangerous gas. tlu> air evi>ntnallv coming In purified. Tht-ro Is room fo' ten persons in the chamber. The fans are m oter driven but should tho power bo cut ofT t'uerw Is a eonliaplion which will drive them by foot power. Kadlo and Ilist aid appuralus nre Installed, and water. Uondim also has a four storey bulldinj; lUted with a Hltration plant and iron sliutteied windows so that the •.tiitf can ciiny on dmlng a gas raid fully protected against explosions without.