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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON LESSON XII MALACHI DEMANDS HONESTY TOWARD GOO â€" MalachI Printed Text, Mal. 3.7-18 Clolden Text â€" "Bring ye the whole tithe into the etorehouie, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, aaith Je- hovah of hoett. If I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there •hall not be room enough to re- ceive it." â€" Mal. 3:10. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time â€" The exact data of Mal- chi's ministry Is not kuowa, but most scholars place it botween 430 and 425 B.C. Place â€" Jerusalem. We find In this lesson many pas- sages revealing the truth which is so often forgotten, llrat the know- ledge which we hold as Christians concerning God and salvation has tremendous practical implications, and that we cannot say that a part of our lifd Is dominated by spirit- ual truths, and then shut the law of God out of other parts of our lives; thus such matters as hou- esty, purity, the question of di- vorce, the question of separation, all must be determined by what God says about these things; "in thy light shall we see light." If we are really sincere about followiug the Lord, we must let his law pene- trate every part of our life. THE PROPHET MALACHI The word MalachI means literal- ly "my messenger." Of the prophet bimeelt wo know absolutely noth- ing. But we feel sure that In the time of Nehemlah, MalachI was acting as the prophet of God, co-op- erating with the civil authority In bringing about the moral reforma- tion of the people. By his writing, MalachI Is known as the Hebrew- Socrates. The book of MalachI begins with an exposure of the corrupt practic- es of the priesthood of the day; and then the prophet turns to the people of Israel as a whole, point- ing out in striking language one sin after another of which they were guilty. Malachl's primary charge against Israel was In regard to mar- riages â€" marriages with heathen wives, and frequent divorces. The prophet again bases his reproof on the relation of Israel to God. HIS ACCUSATIONS Tragically, these terribly guilty Israelites were blind not only to their own sin, but to the Judgment which was soon to fall upon them. MalachI Implies that the nation was not prepared for the reception of the Lord, and therefore had not ground tor murmuring at the delay of the mAnlfestatlon of divine glory. 3:7. From the days of your fath- ers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, salth Jehovah of hosts. But ye say. Wherein shall we return? S.Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 9. Ye are cursed with jhe curse; for ye rob me, even this en- tire nation. THE TITHE God demanded the tithe only as a minimum, and they had careless- ly given him what ho claimed â€" the minimum â€" In tithes and offer- ings. They had robbed God In that they had not responde<l to the di- vine claim in the spirit in which it was made, but had offered that which w;is allowed by measurement and rule rather than In the spirit of love. A tithe is all right if it is something you feel. It It la some- thing which puts you in danger of being dishonest, it Is wrong; and if It is out of harmony with your own success In life. It Is ab- solutely wrong. 10. Bring ye the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food In my house, and prove mo now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive It. Jt. And I will rebuke tlio devour- er for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vino cast its fruit before the time In the field, saith Jehovah of hosts. 12. And all nations shall f-all you happy; for ye shall be a delight- some land, salth Jehovah of hosts. Do not imagine bncaiise we are living In a spiritual dispensation we are no longer l>ound In the mat- ter of material giving. 13. Your words have been siout against me, saith Jehovah. Yet ya •ay. What have we spoken against thee? 14. Ye have said. It Is vain to serve Ood; and what profit Is it that wo have kept hie charge, and tliat we hav* walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts? 11. and now w» call the proud happy; yea, they that work wlckednees are all built up; yea, they tempt Ood, and escape. The people who returned from Babylon seemed to have a knowledge of Ood, and to observe the law, and to understand thelr •Ib, and to offer sacritlres tor sU: t* pay tithes, to observe the Sw- bath and thf reet, commAnded In tJM law of 0od, and seeing af\ the Rations around thnm aboHindlng itl Britain's Children On The Move Agtin During the long period of inat-'tivity on the western front, many ot the children who liad been evacuated from English cities returned home. Now they are being evacuated again. These children were photo- graphed at Southend on their way to a safer refuge. Some British children may come to Canada. all things, and that they themselves were In penury, hunger, misery, and were scandalized and said, "what does ft benefit me that I worship the one true God, abomin- ate Idols, and, pricked with the con- sciousness of sin, walk mournfully .before God? SOME CONCLUDING PROMISES 16. Then they that feared Jeho- vah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was writ- ten before him, for them that fear- ed Jehovah, and that thought upon his name. 17. And they shall be all mine, saith Jehovah ot hosts, even mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him not. The second precious promise at the close of Malachi's book for those that fear the Lord Is the as- surance ot victory over all evil, victory that will be consummated In the day ot the Lord, a victory that In its perfect form is still to take place in the future, at the end of this age, when the Lord Jesus Christ himself shall come back ag- aiu to complete his redemptive work among the nations ot the earth. The whole chapter Is a fut- ure prophecy. In the movie-house.s of the U. S. A., the biggest audiences go to the Sunday performances. They Must Work Hard For Glamor Why Movie Stars and Photo- graphers' Models Always Do Look Their Best No woman needs to waste time and conversatioon envying motion picture stars and glamorous maga- zine models their good ligures, and smart clothes and nice complexions because any girl who is determined to improve her own appearance can follow their example â€" that is, it she Is determined enough. * Most ot them get more exercise and more sleep than you and you. They realize that sleep is the great cure-all for tine lines around the eyes, downward sloping lines from nose to corners ot the mouth. It puts a sparkle in the eyes and It gives the complexion a youthful gleam. They know, too, that no woman looks younger than her walk, her posture. Lack ot exercise causes the knee joints to stiffen, thigh muscles to become jtense and stiff. To keep from gaining too much weight, the average model or pic- ture star eats foods that are low In caloric content. Vegetables, salads and fruits rather than rich pastries, heavy gravies and such. Farm Notes . . . EXPORT WHITE CHEESE The Dominion Dairy Products Board announced, following its first meeting held in Ottawa on May 27th, that all cheese manu- fattured in Canada after the 31st of May, 1940, to be acceptable for export to the United King- dom, must be ^vhite and unwav ed. Under a recent agreement the British Miniscry of Food will buy up to November 30, 1940, a to- tal of 78,400,000 lb, of Canad- ian cheese at a price of 14 cents per lb, for first grade cheese' f.o.b. steamship at Montreal dur- ing the seascn of navigation and 14 cents f.o.b. rail Montreal dar- ing the winter mcr.ths. The ex- pose will be arranged by the Dairy Products Board, > POINTS ON HOGS Attention must be paid to at least four important points be- fore our bacon will sell in the top price brackets. They are con- tinued improvement in type and breeding; unarketing at propetr weights; finishing to No. 1 selec- tion rather than to No. 2 and No. 3 standards; and production of such hogs at not more than six months of age. Each point is very important, and together they con- stitute an interesting challenge to all Canadian hog producer."" School Boys' Tour To Pacific Coast An all-expense-included tout across Canada for school boys, under the personal direction of Harold Bott of the Montreal High School, will be available this sum- mer to all boys who desire t» join-the party, according to C. K. Howard, manager of the Tourist and Convention Bureau, Canad- ian National Railways. This tour, including the highlights of travel over both railways and across the Great Lakes, side trips by bus, steamer trips between Vancouver, Victoria and Prince Rupert, B.C., a total of 3S nights in hotels and outdcor camps in the west, are part of the plan to make the jour- ney a most memorable outing, stated Mr. Howard. Round Trip, SI Dayt The round-trip tour will take 51 days from Montreal back to Montreal, and will commence with the departure of The Oontinent- al Limited train of the Canad- ian National Railways from Bon- aventure station, Montreal, on Friday, June 28 for Winnipeg, where a change-over will be made to a Canadian Pacific train for the remainder of the trip westward to Vancouver and by boat to Victcria, B. C. and return to the coast. This trip westward includes overnight stops at Cal- gary, Banff, Lake Louise, Alta., Vancuover and 13 nights at Glintz Lake Camp on Vancouver Island, mosit of which will be at the Y. M. C. A. Canadian Airmen Grimly Resolute On Arrival In London There is determination stumped on the faces of these Canadian airnion who are pictured aa they re- cently arrived m Ivondon. Air Minister Power has announced from Ottawa that Canada is rushing all available aircraft and pilots to the assistance of the mother country. The return journey will com- mence from Vancouver on July 24 by a trip on the Canadian National Steam.ship3 boat up to Prince Rupert, B.C. and thence eastward over Canadian National lines to Port Arthur, Ont., includ- ing 14 nights at the Lake Editli Camp of the Y. M. C. A. neac the town of Jasper in Ja«per Na* tional Park, Alberta, and hotel accommodation at Edmonton uid Winnipeg. From Port Arthur the journey is resumed on the S. S. Noronic to Sarnia, Ont., and thence to Hamilton, Niagara Fall-s, by boat to Toronto. This Curious World 'CoT (N i<)KJ6TRAUAe ABOUT 1,000,000 POUNDS ARE. 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