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CUNDAY JCHOO | FsSOKi LKSSON III. JESUS THK WATF.R OF LIFE (John 4: 1â€"51.) Printed Text John 1: 7â€" 2G Golden Textâ€" Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall K've him shall never thirst. John 4:14. The Lesson in Its Setting Time.â€" December, A.D. 27. Place.â€" The discourse with the Sa- mar.tan woman took place at Sychar in Central Palestine between Mt. Gerizim and .Mount Kbal. The rest of the chapter narrates events occur- ring in Galilee, especially at Cana and Capernaum. 7. There cometh a woman of Sa- maria to draw water. "A woman, and as such, lightly regarded by the popular doctors (cf. v. 27): a Sa- maritan, and as such, despised by the Jews. Jesus said unto her. Give me a drink. "He opened the conversation with a request on the human level, the level of His own human neces- sity. 8. For His disciples were gone away into the city to buy food. It is possible that one of the disciples car- ried a .vessel for drawing water up from the well, and that, because they were absent, a stranger had to be asked to draw water up for the Lord. 9. The Samaritan woman therefcue saith unto him. How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me? The word here translated "askest" is a word of petition, as from an in- fer.or to a superior; but when Christ refers to that request of hers, He doea not take up and allow her word, but uses the phrase, "who is it that saith to thee." Who am a Samaritan woman. (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) "Kaltbinis pre- cept forbade Jews to eat .iread oi drink wine with the Samaritans. Tho Jews despi.scd them a.s a niiin- grel people with nondescript faith ('i Kings 17: 24 (f.)." 10. Jesus answereu and said unto her. If thou knewest the gift of God. As far as we know, the water was not drawn up for the (|uenching of Jesus' thirst. He drops the mailer of his need for literal water, and He turns the attention of the woman from things physical to tliii.gs spiritual. And who it is thai s;nlli to Uicl', Give me to drink. Two tiiiiit;s lluii this woiiiati did nut know, the gift of (iod, and the .delitily of the persim who slood before her. Thuu wouldest have asked of him. and he would have given thee living water. God's greatest gifts are available to His children, whatever their merits, simply by asking (Matt. 7: 7. 8). "a common expression for running spring water of a cistern or reser- voir, and Used as a symbol of spirit- ual bles'sings with great frequency in the Old Tu.stament." 11. The woman saith unto lliin, Sir, Thou hast nothing lo draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast Tliou lh;it living water'.' The woman finds it impossible to compre- hend the spiritual aspects of our Lord's Klatement, and, for the most part, confines her attention to the matter of drawing literal water from the well immediately before them; yet, In her question, "Whence, tlien, hast Thou living water'?" 12. Art Thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us Uk; well, and dratik thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle'.' There is iiolli- ing in the Bible to sulislantinte the claim of the Samaritans that they descended from Joseph, and hence could call Jacob their father. "When the Samaritans asked Alexander the Great to excuse them from tribute in the sabbatical year because, as true sons of Joseph they did not till their land that year, he pronounced their claim an imposture and de- stroyed Samaria." n. Jesus answered and said unlo her, FJvery one that drinketh of his water shall thirst again. The Lord Jesus does not slop to compare Him- self with Jacob, but He does stale a truism which she could not deny, namely, that tho water in this well could only temporarily quench the thirst of any who drink of it. 14. Hut whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst. (Cf. (i: 35; Rev. 7: 16; 21: (i) Hero Christ gatheis to a head innumerable promises of the Old Testament, ami thus claims them as fulfilled in Him.self; e.g., Isn. 41: 18; 48:21; 49: 10; 5ii:l. .See also Psalm 86:»; Jer. 2: 13; 17:13. But the water 1 shall give him shall become in him a well of water springihg up unto eternal life. Christ received in- to the heart by a believer imparts eternal life. The spiritual life which we have fiom Christ can never dry up. It goes on and on foi all elern- jty. 15. The v;nmnii snith iiiVii Mini Sir, give mo this water, that 1 thirst not. neither come all the way hither to draw. Not only has tho curiosity of the women been aroused, but Christ has stirred up within her heart a deep longing for this living water of which Ho is speaking, though she does not fully compre- hend what He has been saying. Jesus saith unto her. Go, call thy husband, and come hither. One is surpri.scd at the sudden change in tho line of Jesus' conversation. At the moment when she asked the Lord for this living water. He told her to go back to the city. He did not bestow upon this woman the gift of eternal life when she was keeping buried out of His sight, and probably out of serious consideration, the shameful sin in which she was living. Christ must bring her to an acknowledg- ment and a confession of this sin first. 17. The woman answered and said unto Him, I have no husband. Ap- parently this was an attempt to evade an examination of which she was afraid. "She would rather have these pages unturned. Jesus saith unto her. Thou saidst well, I have no husband: 18. For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband; this hast thou said truly. Wo must not forget that this terrible resume of this wo- man's life was not something which she confessed, but was something which He had knowledge of and re- minded her of. 19. The woman saith unto Him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. The word here translated "perceive" "marks contemplation, not immediate perception." 20. Our fathers worshipped in this domain; anil yo say, that in Jerusa- lem is the place where men ought to worship. The mountain to which this woiiKiii referred is Mount Geri- zim, which was for the Samaritans the holy mountain of the world. 21 Jesus •;aith unto her, Woman believe ine. the hour cometh when neither in this mountain, nor in Jeru- .salcm. shall ye worship the Father. Our Lord does not decide the ques- tion as to the superiority of one lo- cation over another, though, of course, if lie had spoken about it. He would have exposed the fradulent claims of the Samaritans; but lie simply !inn(n,nces to her that ihe time would come when the worship of the Father would be determined no lontUT by 'lonie geo:;raphical liiiii- lation. 22. ^e worship that wli:cli ye know not- we Worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews. The Samar.taii religion had only the I'entatciHh for its IJihle: it reinidi- ated the Psalms and the writings of the proiiliels. Furthermore, it had added many idolatrous inaclices and pagan siiiierstitions, so that the God whom they worshipped was not the true Jeliovah of the Old Testament. 23. liiil the hour comelh, and now is, when the true worshippers sh.nll worship the Falhei in spirit and in truth. True worshipjiers here are contrasted not so much with the in- sincere as with those who worship imperfectly. That which is imperfect can never be finally true. To wor- ship "in spirit" is to commune with God in one's spiril, for the preposi- tion "in" has reference to the sphere in which worship moves. For such doth the Father seek to be His worshippers. "The Father is seeking In the Son for true worship- pers, and therefore men are encour- aged and enabled to seek Him In spirit and truth (John 1: 17)." 24. God is a Spirit. By sayiiiK tha God is a Spirit, Christ means that God has no bodily form. On the other band, God does have substance or essence. God is not a mere idea, or a construction of the mind, like a mathematical formula. And they that worship Him must worship ill spirit and truth. Worship of God which is not in accordance with tlods nature is not true wor- ship. 2h. The woman sailh unto Him, 1 know that Messiah cometh (he that is called Christ): when He is come, He will declare unto us all things. This is Ihc only place in the New Testament where Christ is referred to as the Messiah, with tho single exception of a proceding notice in this same Gospel (1:41). Tho word "Messiah means the Anointed One. 2(i. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am He. These words probably did not express a surprising truth to the women, who had been led to see so many great spiritual truths this hour. It is an undeniable acknowledgment, on the part of Christ, that He believed Himself to be the Messiah sent from God. If we do not accept His verdict about llimstdf, we characterize Hi.s as one who spoke falsely, or one who was iM'.dei a delusion. Ill An Able Administrator Sir Bede E. H. Clifford. C.B.)., K.GM.G., M.V.D., Governor and Com- mander-in-Chief of the Bahamas. |||ov!e-rddio =:gossip ~ B» UOUOIHV "â- ' Giving His Viewpoint Câ€" « Jessica l)raj;oiio.le. who's been sing ing on the air practically ever since there's l.een any broadcasting, is branehhiK out lor lierself with a new wi'ekly seiies of lialf-liour musical proKranis each Wednesday nl^Iit from ninethlrly till ten, on CIIS. First till' she's been on a coast-to-coast aeries, artei Ion years of radio work. * « ' . yoi li.stcn lo tho Kate Smith liroKianis, on which various unsung In IOCS and heroines upiiear. tell their htory. .'ind lien receive voles from liste iieisiii'.' If yea heard seven-year old Mary l.o'iisc M(.Cioskey and Ilk ed her you'll 'jo Klrd to hear that she was voted for hy 2I.^.000 people, and receive(' the weekly award of ./I (, \ « » l.oiclla Voiiiii; fell in lovo with the l)('autifiil costunus (hat she wore in "llamoiia." anil roiildnt hear to have them reluined lo Ihe wardrobe ro'oin to be cut up and made ove^' So sho bouHlit lliein. had (hi'm r(Uiiodel ed slightly -iiiid now li.is foi'r new cvenini; dresses. * • * At last Jack Oakie, that gay com edian of the screen, has his heart's desireâ€" a master of ceremonies job on th(^ air. It's odd IhnI ho hasn'l been sijiii- (mI up before, for he is OIK? of tho few eoiiuHliali.'^ who are as good on tho air as I hey are on the screen â€" you've probably li o a r d some of his guest lierforniances; h o was on with Uob ning Crosby was In got til.. Idea for this nv!W program from his work In "Col- lege llbytlim " lie's admitted that lio'll have "guest professors" â€" Al Jol- son Kddio Ciinlor, nnriis and Allen and (itbeis. V * « ODUS .\.NI) KNDS â€" 'I'niont Scouts for two major idcturo companies appeared at Ni/.v York's Casino Moiitclalr. (tiivored haunt of movie celebrities) recently to watch Ann Courtneyâ€" no'. knowing that she'd . gned (hat morning with "Varner Brothers . . . i^.lorla .Swauaon's go- ing to do a stage play In New York; Irving Thalhorg hud planned to bring her back t,. the screen, just before his death, It'r said . .. You'll see Barbara Stanwyck dancing In 20ti' Century Foi'a ''Banjo on My Knee", she usod to do It for a liv- ing, starting in tho "Follies" . . . This year thosi Saturday afternoon broad- casts of the Metropolitan Opera Com- pany's performances will be sponsor- ed by tho Radio Corporation of .Vmorlca. Jack Oakie Mums whilo Honolulu. lie Lord Beaverbrook, British news- paiier magnate arriving in New York City on Kuropa, pictured as he g:ivo newsmen his views on Kd- waid's abdication. Suggests New Kingdom William H. Davies, Victoria, B. C, real estate operator, has sug- gested that Vancouver Island se- eoda from the Dominion of Can- ada and establish a monarchy over wliich former King Fdward VIII and Mrs. Simpson would be invited to rule as king and queen. FARM NOTES CoiKliicted hy ^^KOhHSSOK llliNKY (}. 13HI.L With the Co-Operalioo of the Variout Departments of the Ontario Agricultural College. Question:â€" (a) "Has there been very much experimental work car- ried on in Ontario to determine if the use of fertilizer in this province is profitable? Will it pay mo to use fertilizer wth my spring grain crop"? (b) I intend to grow 10 acres of table turnips (Rutabagas) on a clay loam soil which will, receive eight loads of barnyard manure per acre. What kind of fertilizer would be suitable for these conditions and how should it be sown?'â€" T. B.. Water- loo County. Answer:- (a) Tlie Ontario Agri- cultural College has been carrying on fertilizer experiments in various parts of the province for several year. During the last seven years, a very definite campaign of testing the suitability of various fertilizers on the farmers' own farms has been in progress. Over 6500 plots have been conducted on a total of over 1300 farms. Thi.s work has proven quite definitely that profit is to be gained by wise use of fertilizers in supplementing the fertility of the soil and of manure which has ac- cumulated on the farm. The average gain in cci-eals that has been obtain- ed is from 10 to 15 bushels per acre. Fertilizers on potatoes, over a six- year period have given an average increase of 5.") bushels per acre Fertilizers on alfalfa have produced an average increase of almost two tons per acre. All these increases and similar improvement in other crops have been obtained from mod- erate application of such as 2uU lbs. per acre on cereals, 375 lbs. per acre on alfalfa and 750 lbs. per acre on potatoes. At prices which have pre- vailed for fertilizers and for crops, exceeding good interest on money in- vested in fertilizer has been realized (b) On turnips 2-12-10 fertilizer has given largest yields, at the rate of 200 to 250 lbs. per acre. This is a fairly heavy application to make through the fertilizer dropper at- tached to the turnip drill. It has been found l>etter practice to drill the fertilizer over the turnip area before the land is ridged for seed- ing. Question: (a) "I grow cabbage and cauliflower for early market. .My soil is a light sandy loam and 1 would like to know what fertilizei and the quantity per acre should be used to give the earliest results. (b) I have an eight-year-old as- paragus bed which produces an ex- cellent yield so far as quantity is concerned, but after about the third cutting, the tips become stringy. Can this be corrected by the use of a bal- anced fertilizer and what analysis would you recommend? Also, please give me any other information which you think would benefit the crop. Up until now this asparagus bed has never received anything but barn- yard manure. (c) Do I need to use fertilizer when I follow a rotation in which s green crop, usually alfalfa, is plowed under every four years and the land receives a good application of man- ure every four to five years."- W. S. S.. Essex. Answer: â€" (a) For cabbage and cauliflower, good results have been obtained from use of a 4-8-10 fertil- izer al the rate of 1500-2000 lbs per acre. This should be worked into the soil along the row.s, before the plants are transplanted. Particularly good results are obtained also from an additional light applicat on of ni- trate of soda around the plants, but not touching them, about two weeks after the plants have been set out and sometimes again at a period of another two weeks. Do not apply more than 10 lbs. per acre in one application. (b) Asparagus can be helped ma- terially by the addition of fertilizer in spring. We v.ould not advise a mixed fertilizer, but an application of 100-200 lbs per a.Te of nitiat? of soda, or cyaiiamid. should give good results This shouI< be si'atlered alA'^ the asparagus rov.-s before the tips begin to show and workt'd into the soil by light harrowing .After the asparagus is cut. the application of siuh fertilizer as 4-8-10 gives great :,trength to the crop for tho next year (c) The ro;.ation of cro-s '.vliich includes legumes such as alfa'fa and sweet clover or common clover, adds organic matter to the soil and makes some addition of nitiogen. Other crops take out nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash, and of course egunies remove considerable potash and phosphoric acid from the soil. If manure is added, quite a bit of nitro- gen will be supplied, a small amount >f phosphoric acid and a valuable imount of potash so that for gen- eral cropping systems with good ro- i.atioii of crops, there is necessity for .iddition of more phosphoric acid and potash than is returned in nuir.ure. vVhetlier or not there is neert of more nitrogen will depend entirely on the type of farming and the soil type. Married in New York W.--S"., , iMr. John Stewart McLennan, Jr., son of the Hon. John Stewart Mc- Lennan, of Petersfield, Sydney, Nova Scotia, and his bride, formerly Mrs. Sally White Houghton daughter of Mr and Mrs. Fdward Law- rence White, of Beaverley Farms, !".ass, whose marriage took place in tho Municipal Chapel in New York Citv on Wednesday la-st- This photograph was taken just after their wedding. \