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_ CThe Golden Cext â€". SUNDAY sCHOooL zs Mark 10:45â€"*"For the son of man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. By DR. ALVIN E. BELL (The International Uniform Lesâ€" son on the above topic for June 19, is k 15:22â€"39, the Golden Text bdmnh 10:45, "For the Son of mfteunnouohnlw unto, fbut to minister, and to give his 4ife a ransom for many.") "Beneath a Syrian sky, amid a rabble cry, a Man went forth to dieâ€"for me! ‘Thornâ€"crowned his blessed head, bloodâ€"stained his hung ypon that cruel cross under the prophetic title Pontius Pilate wrote to sting the pride of those who drove him to crucify him. "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the spedâ€"for me! Lifted up was he to die; ‘It is finished,‘ was his cry; now in heaven exalted high. Halâ€" leluiah! . What a Saviour." . Jews" was the title which Pilate wrote more wisely than he realized, for Christ was King indeed. The mm‘bmhuum- MMMMW- ly cried out at him, "He saved othâ€" era; himself he cannot save." "Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross that we mnuuuucn."mmeom down from the cross by way of the o,enu-bandngmm- tion, even his crucifiers admit that Christ of God. The Authority of the Cross < VUpon that wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died, he exercised complete authority over all the forces of life and death. He had said, "I lay down my life for the sheep; no man taketh it from pwertoll)'“mmlun power (authority) to take it again." In this Godâ€"giver authority he spoke seven authoritative words from the cross: (1) ‘"Father forâ€" give them," a word of authorllY with the Father for our forgive» ness; (2) Today shalt thou be with ***"* oradise." a word of authâ€" me in paradise, 8 ""* / _ ority with us as sinners for solution; (3) "Womnn, be} T io e son," a word of au sorrowing for our "My God, My God forsaken me?" &A Ity with sin C (5) "I thirst," a W with pain to endu goths C w e 0 Jesus Pontius Pilate ”mm“.a."m ""‘W to his enem|e® to "I".“ ‘w Gol to the plact of c skull C5¢ P Guning "the place of a * The Suffering Servant PREVIEW OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON The Suffering Servant â€"meaning believe on him a# t POMOE, ce endure it; (6) "It !® » sinners for our ud Wonrun, behold thy f authority to, the our wm: (4) God, why hast thou a word of authorâ€" r its propitiation: a word of authority he finished," a word of authority with life to attain its goal; (7) "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit," a word of authority : over death to destroy it. In the exercise of this authority our Lord was not a passive victim on the cross, but supremely active in our behalf. The Cross and Sin ‘The battle was at its fiercest point when the loud cry of forsakeâ€" ness came up from the bottomless pit of spiritual death, "My God, My God, why has thou forsaken me?" How that battle between the seed Of the woman and the serpent reâ€" sulted, all the forces of hell found out when the risen Christ of glory was "made alive in the spirit and went and preached to the spirits in prison," or, as we say in the creed, "descended into hell" and "led capâ€" tivity," heading a greatl exOCUE from death‘s dominion into his presence in paradise. _ Easter is God‘s Mmymhuumcyuw the outcome of that decisive battle olu:e-‘suponwucbvehokln BP m abe L2 | â€" M . A . 2oofi +A nctr as we hear this agonizing cry of him who was just then being "made sin for us that we might be made mwdwhu"' ‘The Rent Veil m.,mdthoao.hl’fl* bolized in Go#‘s act in rending the temple veil from the top to the botâ€" tom, for thus "the way into the uonmmmwmu.um "have boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus." The nightingale has a lyre of gold mM’.h.mfl“. And the blackbird plays but a box wood flute, Bug!bvchlmbutdnn. mmmllllldth'”“m"‘ And we in the mad, spring weather, We too have listened till he sang Our hearts and lips together. _â€"William Ernest Henley One Minute Pulpit\ Great me! neither do judgment.â€" f heading a great exodus THE BLACKBIRD do the ag® t.â€"Job 32:9 PREVIEWED _A Scriptureâ€"â€"l8"" °* zl f"l mparensres ? [ t e e id e s E_ â€"A. .// ‘ _â€":g:__,-r_”{â€"’;r‘%‘:‘_‘: = hi % k Sansliâ€"mâ€" 2: ,='“- \w """\i Ayâ€" 1 T R g“\‘i\’ ‘Pii/;‘;'a (‘\{ os» !| s “;E Uigs" e=," 4) V | eV ue | e s | AmRet!" it C Pilate ordered PM®®®0 OÂ¥A 5q the words, "J“'d”"- were ie the Jews" â€" TW each ide with Jesus, one 08 14# in the ears of a fool: ‘W”:'- aged not always wise:! awed understand | ILLUSTRATED Thens prons us onl On 1:(:“ Sweet‘s imb upp, Then we kuow “.‘_‘_?_‘_"-‘"b wwmhumvh.u‘ wonderful work Of birdâ€"craft, with skill and "ith care, LAhongqtdfl_qgn-ndm.. some strings, sSp hmhmmm.hl Then :ummm.,< marvelloys art, To swing on the orchard limbs tail A rockâ€"aâ€"bye cradle, upon the tree lhtu?o’r'.nomn.uhn. lAummhuwmm little babes, | The wind swings that rockâ€"aâ€"bye And lulls the wee birdies to sleep to stayâ€" _ ‘The cold chilly days have Loth to go. Beauty white her garments shower On the world where they pass,â€" Hawthorn hedges, trees in flower, Daisies in the grass. Tremulous with longings dim, Thickets by the river‘s rim Have begun to dream of green. Every tree is loud with birds, Burgeon, heartâ€"do thy part! Raise a slender staik of words From a root unseen. Spring comes laughing down the valley All in white, from the snow Where the winter‘s armies rally and to rest, So far away up overhead. warbles his song _ So sweetly and clearly all day; hangs her nestâ€"home, ‘That summer is here â€"~and to Rev. Dr. Donaid MacOdrum, ABOVE, of First Presbyterian church, Brockyjile, Ont., was electâ€" ed Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada at the 64th genâ€" eral assembly in Toronto. The new moderator was born in Cape Breton | and has been in the ministry for 39 years. Dr. MacOdrum was clected over Rev. Dr. Stuart Parker, of Toronto. "I have no name; I am but two days old." What shall I call thee? "I happy am, Joy is my name." Sweet joy befall thee! Pretty joy: + Sweet joy, but two days old Sweet joy I call thee; ‘Thou dost smile. I sing the while; Sweet joy befall thee! _ LEADS PRESBYTERIANS â€"Amelia Josephoine Burr peiAs INFANT JOY NEW LIFE sUNDAY Mark 18:22%â€"39. Raiph Gordon eross the " mocked him mmu»-ruu: mmnqun.mmu: ‘ith|strong legs â€"â€" downy young deer plovers. * hatch from the egg, C Hr:o?zl“muunuu air.| different appearance. The young sCHOOL LESSON fim, saying, "He saved | eif he Cannot save." mmm.-nn,mmumuu:wmw ummmmuwm;mmmmdm mmm-pmuuumumuummm little fuzzy balls running around on continuing down each.side; one on mup-â€"avmymuu-ouhlq:ndml-tundmw deer plovers. wings and tail. ‘The feathers are A....,mm.mm.uudnmmmm birds of different families present a|are soon discarded, the released different appearance. ‘The young feathers spreading out. As the bird of plovers, sandpipers, geese, ducks, gulls, terns and grouse, are comâ€" pletely covered with down, like a chick, and as soon as they are dry, are able to move about under their own power. These are called preâ€" cocial young. In families such as the finches, thrushes, blackbirds, etc., the nestlings are almost naked, the few tufts of down and very beâ€" ginnings of feathers Increasing the hideousness of their appearance. Instead of the sturdy legs of the precocial bird, those of the altricial bird will not support the nestling‘s weight and the toes are limp as the birds rest on their breasts. ‘The baby altricial bird may be ugly to look at, but it does ilusâ€" trate well the fact, not generally realized, that birds do not have feathers originating from the enâ€" tire surface of their bodies. Inâ€" stead, the feathers originate in tracts. There is one from the cenâ€" tre of the crown continuing down CS <5 m . . Louise Fazenda official of Warner 1 liner "Empress of Byâ€"*G. H. RICHARDSON Nestling Redâ€"Wing SCREEN STAR TRAVELS CANADIAN WAY NOTES adian B nda, of movie fame or Brobers, are 80« of Canda" just be After his death ie =Truly this man was V ra0LDEN TEXTâ€" e fame, and her husband, Hal Wallis, are msnmummuum just before ulll:cwn.uhl- grows and these feathers reach theit fullest development, they overlap in such a way that they cover the bird completely and form the juvenal plumage mentioned last Some birds keep this plumage longer than others. In some species, it is moulted (completely or partialâ€" ly) so rapidly, into a later plumage, that the birds are rarely seen in it, and much is yet to be learned reâ€" garding these. juvenal plumages. To assist the young birds To C their way out of the shell, there a little bump on the top of the bill near the tip. ‘This disappears withâ€" in a few days of hatching. . In most young birds, the base Of | amp jp 34 the bill is light yellow, 18 UPMDOU| )o waq pong downward and remains to a considâ€" with addit erable extent exposed even when|,, the.. U nmuu’nwulblrdldflumv' h appearance. In some cases, where on the juvenal plumage is like that of Geos the adult female, this light yellow| There h part, with its unhappy expression is the only noticeable mark in the feld. pigeon, which has been bred from the wild rock dove of Europe, there is one species of wild pigeon found throughout southern Canada, the ‘mmm.mmmj is so called from its note, a lowâ€" toned coo coo coo, with a doleful character. It is a small pigeon with a long, tapering tail and browning in coloring. By the way, the words pigeon and dove are synonymous. In addition to the domestic was the Son of G xT _â€"Mark 15:48) Mourning Dove centurior birds to chip !Lâ€"â€"IY JAMES MONTAGN mmnmfiunmnmnrummumfl mnmmummm.wumumumnm in TOP CENTRE two new GEORGE V! values from Ascension and Cay â€" man islands. mmmumvmnmmnmu showing buildings of the League of Nations and the International Labor Stamps courtesy Philatelic Department and Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London, England Czechoslovakia, central European | Austris republic which ‘has been on the| Red Cr front page news columns for some| have 1 time, is one of the most prolific| charity }Mp-lnuh( countries. In the|slovaki twenty years that the republic has | stamps been issuing stamps some of the|al deli finest pictorial adhesives have come| livery i from Czechoslovakia. As Bureau. The first official issue appeared in 1918 and was an imperforated crude printing. ‘The same design, a castle, appeared on a second issue in 1919 and the next year President ‘Thomas Masaryk made his first postal appearance. The same year the first symbolica! pictorials apâ€" peared, and in 1925 the president appeared on a second smaller stamp. ‘The first scenic pictorials came in 1926, and have been folâ€" lowed consistently evéry few years with additional scenics showing churches. mm AMOMTC _ """"C~* _*~~ . memorative sets for the 40th anniâ€" | versary of the reign of Queen Wilâ€" Good King Wencesiaus ‘helmina. . . . Holland has issued a ‘There have been numerous comâ€" five value set for Dutch artists and mm”lwqun-m...m-nmmh- ceslaus who lived a thousand years sued a six value set for the twelfth ago, for the founder of the national centenary of the death of St. Williâ€" games, for musicians, for the armâ€" brord, founder of the abbey of dfu:-:.mmu:"mnm...mma was R & poets, Dahomey, French omauns sn wole Sntar m ontumil agmmprie bromen ,waMd&Mn-MMlmmlu- ‘them. When President Masaryk tinique, Niger, Reâ€"union, Senegal, died in 1935, President Benes was Wallis and Futuna islands will have elected and appeared on postal papâ€" new values and colors in current er for the first time in 1936. sets. . , . Denmark will have a comâ€" odytwwmflruummunhrmlmwm have been issued, the first in 1920 ary of the enfranchisement of the being an overprint of stamps of farmers. . . . Latvia has issued two My-r.mm-eud.l-nm.mm...uummw showing planes in flight over the sued four stamps for a medical conâ€" country. mmumu-m.mq-um...lumm ‘There have not been many charity latest stamp issuing country, has issues, most of them coming in supplemented its new postage and 1010 and many being overprints of air mall sets with additional values. 1919, and many being overprints of Our Neighbor Joe for the first time since he was married has no vacation worries this summer. It‘s all been arranged and taken care of. He‘ll spend his vacation in a quiet place â€" and, best of all, at government expense! P _ ‘The agent must have tipped off other agents for, from then on Joe‘s ‘mail was almost 100 per cent. | beach ballyhoo and mountain resort | propaganda. Joe and Mra. Joe read and looked at the pictures of them all. And then a terrible thing happened. ,Mmlda‘tmkoupmirlnlndl ‘The whole thing started when Joe happened to meet a travel agent at a bridge party. ‘The next day the ngent sent Joe a batch of beautiful folders extollâ€" ing the merits of various play spots and havens of rest. Joe and Mrs. Joe had a grand time looking them | where to go! You‘re Telling Me After three sleepless n 482 quarrels with the wife merits of this mountain beauties of that beach J« relieve his feelings, so down town and socked t agent with two tons of folders. STAMP CORWER featuros no kind of argument Joe change it! A loca} blueâ€"blood who has al« mnh-uolndflnlm that we Canadians failed to follow so many fine old English customs hasn‘t had much to say since the British boost» ed their Income tax to 27%, per cent. By William Ritt three sleepless nights and ife over the in and the Joe had to ) he went | the travel of vacation ‘cent special delivery, . ... The ‘ummwmmumuu llwmhlmpfwmmlh ‘nalnmrydlhcron-fludun state of Towa, a second commemorâ€" { ative for the founding of the Northâ€" west Territory, and a third stamp early in 1930 for the New York World‘s Fair. . . . The Dutch colâ€" Austrian and Hungarian Stamps. Red Cross, child welfare and sports have been the reasons for other charity stamps since 10923. Czechoâ€" slovakia has also issued newspaper stamps, postage due issues, personâ€" al delivery stamps and special deâ€" livery stamps, Around the Stamp World Canada‘s new stamps will appear on June 15, values being 6 cent air mail, 10 cents, 20 cents, 50 cents and $1. ‘There will also be a 20 onles of Curacao, Dutch New York‘s Coney isliand is diâ€" vided into four districts: . West Brighton, Brighton Beach, Maiâ€" hattan Beach and Sea Gate. Pepper was the most prized spice of the Middle Ages. In England, it frequently took the place of money, In 1834 the United States governâ€" ment considered a plan to provide refugee tracts in Michigan and Iliâ€" nols for Polish political exiles. Fortyâ€"seven states of the United States have adopted laws requiring the teaching of i1 effects from conâ€" sumption of alcohol and narcotics FACTOGRAPHS Viscount Perceval, 4â€"yearâ€"old som of the Earl of Egmont, Calgary rancher, will fall héelr to Avon Castle, Ringwood, Hants, as the Earl and Countess, hnow visiting England, have decided to keep the lnmtnlhomofw!ldrmnm ’mmmmumum-t $400,000. Most of the large Engâ€" lish ancestral estates have been disâ€" posed of as being too expensive and burdensome. T. Eaton Co. Ltd., Toronto, TO HAVE CASTLE Â¥, Jre l.'“o ””’_ Inâ€"