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\. Sunday School Lesson ANALYSIS December 29. Lesson XIII Fellow- hip Thrauflh Service Psalm 122: 119; Hebrews 10: 22-25. Golden Text As his custom was, he went Into the synagogue on the sabbath day. Luke 4: 16. L COMMON WORSHIP, Neli. 8: 1-12; Psalm 122: 1-9; Heb. 10: -19-25. II. THE MISSION AKY TASK, Micah 4: 1, i; Matt. 'J8: 18-20. INTRODUCTION Worship is origin- ally "worthship," and is so spelled in some of its oldest forms. It is the recognition of worth or value. In a reliffio.s sf-r.se, as it is used 'here, it means doing homage t > (io<l, our Lord, our Kinjr, our Father in heaven, i" whoso power, goodness, and see the higli^t and the ijest<or which our minds have, of fun have, any knowledge. recognition in the Presence. Ho exhorts, thcrc'forc, that vith pure hearts, and in confident !aith, they draw near to God in adora- :ion and praise, and that they hold without wavering their (food hope of salvation in Christ, for, he says, "We an rely on him who ^rvve UK the prorn- se." And, he ccntuuoK, "Let us con- sider how to stir up one another to ove and good deeds not ceasing: to neot together," (Moifatt). Like many >lhers in the latter part of the first eutury he believed that "the day," the Treat day of Christ's return, was (rawing near, and tho opportunities 'or helping o'ie anothei- and confirm- ng one another in tho faith were, here-fore, few. I. THE MISSIONARY TASK, Micah -1 : 1, 2; Matt. 28: 18-20. Prophets of the Otd Testament fwc- old a time when^lhe nations would onie to Jerusalem to learn the wayjt f God. Isa. 2r-2-4; Micah 4: 1-3. Our .ord *!nt his apostles out to carry tho .ruth of his gospel to th nation?, Matt. 28: 18-20. Tho exudation of h<? p-x.phets and the conrhtar.dment of Jesus are in i-ssentla] Agreement. The H'ecious truth committed to'Jerusaleni Divine pci'Wnality as revealed in our C'hiist of tho highest Lord Jesus value*. The Christian church began .3* a fellowship a fjroup of disciples, some- times alone, sometimes with others, gathered about a Master, whom they came more, and moru to admire and love, until admiration and love grew into worship. It continued, after ha was parted from them, as a company of disciples and fri< ids of Jesus, with others whom thc-V (frtw into their circle, \vh4 kept-Jiltvo. hi= memory, who were conscious of tho presence of his spirit with them, and who "continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine (or teaching and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers," Acts 2: 42. From Jerusalem they soon spread abroad 1 , i>ncl Miiiilur companies of those who believed in Jesus and endeavored to follow his way of lif> were formed where, \<-i his gv.spel was preached. The ideals of :,uch a fel- lowship are present in many passages of the letters of 1'aul ( ee K-pin. 15: 1, 2; Gal. C: 2; 1 The*?. : 11-23). I. COMMON WOUSHIP, N'-h. K: 1-12; IVnlin 122: l-'J; Ileb. 10: lli-li: Each of us alone may come to (io< in worship, brinjrinftour thanksgiving our confessions, and petition fur our individual need-. In :--n-h private prayer we need not, and d<> not, for get the nwiln of others, but pray t. God for them as well as for DUI-M -i'.v Hut there is no doubt that in th: company of <ithuvs like-minded will ourselves, our worship si-eins morl sati.-fyijv.; iii'.el i::"r<* conipklo, v." :ir. more conscious of tho prweni-e <( (iod and- the power of his spirit. Tint there nro exceptions to this experience is true, but it seems to IIP t^f'ncraliy the fact that in fellowship God scorns most, near. Tho discipline i.f ujiumon worship is necessary for all who \vou!d enter into.lhe fulru^s of tbe "- ' a life. The Htory of the urent rather series of service?, </f -worship conducted bv Ezra and Nchem1a.h "^Cfclcbt'Ti'MK) is full of iitj-rest. The niblc was not in those <layp, as it is now, in every .nan's hand. Many of the people of Jerusalem and .ludah were ignorant of their own history, and their own laws. K/.ra hnd como to them from tho ^chools of I'.abylon as a teacher. Nuw ,o the assembled multitude he reads in "the book of the law," and his companions help him in exjilah .ing \vhat the p"-iple could not themselves understai.d. 'lie-re was, t 1 '! refr, in the service, readinc f the scriptures, instruction, thankspiv- ii ", confession, the- ci-lrb ration of holy Hays, and in the> intervals, rcmem of the poor. 1 men. That is the larttl^-ris Jehovah's servant, t*"liKht to the Gentiles," an I nust bo luty of to bft flight **alviition unto the end of the earth." t is the fulfilment of propl -tic leadi- ng in Jesus Christ that his apostles are bidden to preach to all the world. \nd with the commandment there his gracious promise, "I.o I am with you alway." It was from a company of Christian neople in Antiorh that tho first design- ated missionaries of the cross went forth. That which they hr.d discover- ed to be of so jrrca seh'es they desired vahio to them- to sharo with others. Th'-ouj-rh them tho Holy Spirit spoke, and Hairaba? and .Sau! were sent, "recommended to tho grace of God for the wor! ." A trim Christian fellowship is inevitably missionary in spirit (Act's 13: l-;i; 14: 2G). as was the church in Antioch. Radio Quit Rumor Started Old Town On the Thames Suffers Heavy Loss Wall Street Crash "Something Subtly Harmful to the Spirit of the Nation Oc-^ i,y speculation. How Baden-Powell Was Neary KiUed MatabeJe-Up Tree Missed Boy Scout Founder by Hair's Breadth London. One of London's most in- teresting December visitors la Major Frederick Hussell Burnham: once fl". scribed by Lord Baden Powell as "tho greatest scout alive," and re- ferred to by Sir Rider Haggard as "more interesting than any of my heroes of romance." This American holder of a British D.S.O., and chief of scouts under Lord Roberts during the South African War, told the hitherto undisclosed story of how a single Matabtjle war- rior, iu 1S5G, nearly prevented the creation of the Scout movement. Resting Under Tree The then Major Baden Powell was restiner with his officers r.nder a big tree --"' here he learned the lesson that a scout must loolt up as well ~~* down," said Major Burnha"., who continued. That morning the Matabele warrior had seen the last great attack o! hi* nation to capture Bulawayo and de- stroy the hated ', Uite man ond in utter route and disaster. To avoid the clir .;e of mounted white men he haJ elimbe;! with his big gun into thH holdings In order to protect their' the issuance of securities more close- j t-'ee, and they had swept by him. But .-hares. ly to the real needs of industry, not I strangely the white indunas incaa- "Many business men deserted tlieir allowing it to depend on tne profits of tiously chose his particular tree K : ' iml under whlli they rested their tired horses and gathered their scat terel men. Suddenly the thought must hava come to this Matabele I hold the life HALF-MILLION DOLLAR BLAZE SWEEPS CHATHAM All the furniture that was saved from the Garner Hotel, Chatham, after the fire of December S-9, the v.orat in the history of thn city. nonrnl occupations because they the promoters and stock-selling la could make so :mich more so ra-<;;.. stitutions. This must have af "There must be some s-n-ial control CUT3 When So Many Peo- f'-cted the total of useful production of the use which private business nip M-ilcp. Sn Miirli Mnnpv : and tra(Ie - SucU a vast amount r,f r.iakes of its surplus funds. There \W- l t . Ti". lu ' lc - v ; ...lorsy and credit utilised in nirsulni; must be a good deal of popular educ-jof any one of these Indunas In my Without harning it by rro-| a phantom cannot be thought of as ation concerning thi whole matter, hand. They a* jnly a few feet bo- ductive Labor ('l-;e tlian economic waste, j We cannot hope to suppress the hu- low iue, my nation Is lost, my race to tbe spirit fo when so many . mak0 -so much witiiciif earning it by produo- empire Its fato lus bcMi difu's KoveniMif.'it "it was announced by. the; stock K\ change thai tho total market value of all stocks listed on. the exchange has declined from about 17,414.iiOn.- 000 on October 1 to 14,3f>t>.4o".:y ; on Novt-mber 1. a decline of 3.076,, "jt 8 ;" n . r - 3es ot ( vaU '7 ar " u 200,000. A hK'li record value was "J " " erta l J'l'tiflabto to ,1* i.i .,- ena our reached on September 1st, with il.. 933,600,000." - Daily Te '.<!: raph New York Com--<- pondent, The weekly reviews of America. "The tangible losses are also im-'man instinct to gamble, but we may i constantly defeated by the white. 1 portant. Something subtly harmful limit its capacity or harm in a realm [will select the most commanding In the nation occurs! which Is FO closely associated wi'li Penguin Island, Believed Lost, Still Above Sea, Paris Learns Paris. One pleasant report reach fil the Kre.mli government recently The news came to the MlnNlry of Colonies that St. Paul Island, more commonly known hew as IVnj:uln Isl and. was still standing In tbe middle of tbe Indian Ocean, continuing to make a part of the French colonial ""i g thorn anybody who would aruo ' P ""'' i''S''t and gamble we:'., but who the beha'viotir of tile itOCk ex- ''" l llu " t ' l ' e:lle :l sln K le *>W " r ? durliiB Hie past y.-ir h.n been " 1 "' 1 - All(l v - >n "'? -a:Hi H as si:r ; . deuly v, ithdrawn, a gapin? l.olfl 1> the life of the nation. . may ilo something to make the stock market serve the imrp >se it is supposed to tbe organs of serious Untight, aru concerned about reoeirt happening! in Wall Street. In a searchlngtfdrtlcle, material culture on tbe that a competoiico of material s necessary as a liasi.; f n 1.-; = , lire, security and appreciation of ' 'liner flowers of h.rnan fiioit. "Hut thoro Is not net cn'.'i: in an economic orler w'llch John Bull's Hat New Kepulblic," untold wealth into t!io tv.in Is of hun dreds of thousands who happ":i Psalm 122 is one of the so-called Pilgrim Psalms, com|x>sed for, and sung hy, pilgrims on their way to the city of Jerusalem to tako part in the annual festivals. Tin- psalm (fives fine expression to (ho gladness of these holiday excur ions, and the wnrm at- tachment of Ibo Jewish jicoplo to thfi city *nd the sanctuary. The word "compact, 1 in versa .'!, should rather b translated "fed'-r.-.te." Jerusalem wa the federate, or federal, city, be- longing 1 equally to all the tribes and people of Israel. That seems to have been in the niinii of David when ho chose (lift Jebusite stmnifhold, and inndo it his capital city, '2. Sam. 5: (i-0. The .-oniinc up of the tribes to the city is a testimony to Ibeir unity, as is also the hicrh courts, tha "thrones of judg- ment." Therefor-, will the pllgritiu "prn., for tbn pence of Jenis-alrm," for their own and Ilieir brethren'* snke, and for the Mike of their common anc.tuary, Thf> io' fir. i-iiosrn in the Kpi-lle to the Hebrewi (eh. Ill: l!)-'.!, r i) conlains :in earr.OSl 'i ..iion to f'hri li:in f"' ( ' ,'sliip nnd Wir-hip. The wrii -i II -' be, nn I iln, > I i whom lie e the nigh .1 a , .-i l'i ii ' . ii.ln tin- I'. K pi ' ot ('ml, and iiuw live in ihal opinion, since notli!iij{ had been bearn from St. Paul'* Inhabitants for nioro ban two months. The suggestion was made that the bland bad been swallowed up by the ocean as a result )f an earthquake. It Is trim Hint news from that tiny bit of rock, somewhere between Cape Worn and Australia, never bad been frequent. No boats called there ex- cept In case of emergency. Monthly radio flashes worn tbn omy contact with the outer world for tbe llreton fishermen living there.. But two months bad gone, and no flas.ies bail come thrnu",!i The French authorities risked, there that a .steamer hound from Capo Town to Australia go somewhat out of Its way to see what bad happened to St. Paul. Tho Euripides found tho end Ktill rlsIiiR out of tlio ocean on 3S.4 dcRrees latitude, 77.3 degrees longitude.. All tbo fishermen were alive, Inducing, as usual, In fishing for lobster, cooking It In tbe boiling upriiiKS and getting tbe tins ready to be carried buck to South Africa and Durope, Tho only (rouble was that Uio radio apparatus had ceased to wo*k. WHAT IS DUTY? What Is duty? With regard to our-' that the behaviour uf tin; stock ex; worrying M. Tar- and Paris public u llH( . fu i olein-'iit in tho nation's What even paper it do for wealth ; ' fr - flinv Imu ' ! > might Hits insfnu to be won and jt - v Iu>t U:lve accomplished, If it h.id not been so single-inlmtedly While Hi- markt was goln UP. !(1 evanescent personal fortnne? the suc-.-es-iful hull* and 'This argnment dow not, of courm*, tbe United BUtes, ?iul to Impr duna, kill him, and die. The Chief Scout was the one select ed to die. bu'. the Matabele misled hi* victim by a 1. air's breadth. The next instant the Matabele lay crumpled at the base of the tree. Let us hope that as his soul sped from the blacV | body some angel of solace relieved , . jry . n bis despair. For. if he bad but IS In tllC King known, had be killed that Induna h i would have destroyed an idea that In n . . ~~ o . -r- due time will assuage even such hat Britain Out to Kegnin i rade rert as he aiul nls people hail for th , ; Lost to U.S. in South ] whites. America Scouting will enable his people an.l all his nice to live without humilia I.mdon- wuiiam Graham. preaV yon and have their proper place in dent of the Board of Trade, at a din- the gun> ye , not ( , DStr(1y , he whf t8 ner to diplomats of three Botlthl maf , American countries, said that It \v:i !be immediate British task to i --;:i ; tbe former trade position In South' America. wi:b all frlendlnrss toward' profiled by liieir uve-r-confiileii lead n '" advncato either abolition of on lt If possible. loudly proclaimed despite ail critic*. "> "lock market or personal renoncl-j n e stated th.it iiivat Britain had, tbe virtues of sp.-culation for tlie Ion Of speculation, on moral grounds, held important positions In the mar- 1 rise, but many of the*.- same fnrc'M ' ''^^ markft Is :i:i use. kets of An:entinn, Brazil and Uruguay now console tho speculators or ttvir ful il>sti " lou ln a capitalist order. ,, efore , ne losses folly. only The by pointing question is out their ln<i-.tent, It is Mipposeii to furnish a plac ^ rnn nict hi i v thu.-;r> who want to buy or sll that ar. but found after the the United States had i what could have b, en .l..ii. I., prevent : " ' f "wn-rsblp In productive re- rfh , mA i ri . sources Van do so. Such buying and i-i c ; enMal. as long as pri- Some of tbe luxury trades will ol '" ' ' " - A " tnA^Mal be hit. but thev ,lo not con "gan latloa. lot us say. need, capital . i; , :n enlarge us production, It offer: Chares ol largely stepped into hi* shoes. what lias liap:.ei."d'.' AN'bal i .in ilnnc in prevent its l'ap;>enliig again'.' course stitulo the backbone of and trade,. Industry may now i-lliie. but If <le- t.bls luipiiens it will In- largely an a coiisequence of t-'iuKn clt's which would have been Injuries If Iho market, bad retain Tho di.ttnrbaiici* which the vagaries of stuck specula- tion cause, In so fur as It Is economic. occurs as much during thn rls of prices as nftcr tho fall. "The diversion of savins;--! self-possession. He I with appreciation to the manner in which a recent Hritish trade mission was received In those ' countries. The Brazilian Ambassador. l':-:s-. van .Minister and Argentine Chivn" d'Affaires were tho guests of honor! havo s-- ivi-d money in the crimson and gilt banquet ins; vunt to put It to work for them. ro()m ot u 11K - a ster House. In addl- It Is conrenfent tion , j, rt urabam. Foreign Socro- !o have a c-'itral market where this tnr> , Unmiorson, Lord D'Abernoa and It Is useful to have a pi,- Ronald Lindsay, recently appoint, the Interplay of buyers ,,,, Ambassador to Washington, were .ml BOllen can determine the valuer anu , ng tbe distinguished le:i,U-.x prc- uf what Is fur sale. "Kvi-ii spi'ciil.itors may c 1 intrib;ite. sent. In propusing a toast ID tbo prosper- _ ;. according to tbeorjr, to the uMfuinesa ity of the three Soutt American eons credit to operations In stock* lias had " f sl "' h "" institution Hy bnyini l; -;,, S| Mr . Homiorson roforrod to the "Neckers who don't want an audi- ence should be cr.reful where unfortunatn results. Anyone dep ml ent on bank credit for normal opera- tioim has b^en having a hard lime for at least nix mouths. There art- tor lending to in- solves, It Is to bo Independent of tin. j Il)cnl , tle8 whpro OVPI1 flrst ,,,,,,-tgages. ''' o of si'iises, and with regard to others, It rl .., n | oll tn homo owners on the saf.-st vestors or BpeoulmtOM can also be Is to be untiring In giving hnlp and I ( j f ' a ,,,. lir | tyi navo boon called or not .Instilled. It helps to Parry new serur support; hnlp to live well; help by renewed, wherti building operations lli(<sl '"> in tlu 'y <" : >" ho absorbed by or selling according to their ostlmatM R i Knnt | c strides made by them durltiK P of future value, they shoulder many [Uo j ast cont ii r y In aRriculture, Indus- 1 of tho risks Inherent In such a mar ,,. y llnd education, nnd expressed tho! kot. They help to stabilize prices. ];,>,, and by opposition, by glv- j aro Kt aKnnnt because of a shortage of Inteatora. It smooths over tbe :is , V ement negotiated with Argentina. Ing and by Withholding, by firmness ,,, -,,,.,),],-, fmuls. rough places. If tbo stock m:ir\ei OPPORTUNITIES Interest In these develop- ] "Difflcultles are opportunities," my uld schoolmaster used to tell us, but recent )le w |sely loft us to discover what ha meant and to find for ourselves tbe answer to the question, "Opportuni- ties for what?" He never allowed us men Is. Lord D'Abernon told of hi.- visit on a trade mission and, with reference to the $43.000.000 trade Sir Malcolm Uobertson, n and by compliance, by prabso and by i -|f lt j lm ] ( \ n , m f l)P d, nionoy operated according to theory, there rormpr Ambassador to Buenos Ayres. blame, by nllenco and by words, by | w hlch fho Kami Hoard was ablo t>> wolll(1 be little complaint until what Is pleasant nnd by what Is pain- ful. Dwi-llei-H on tbo sanio earth, ti'ii- 1 tbe stock crisis would lend for holding wheat and cotton. 1 ' nl;1 ' 1 l ' ( ' vi - ; ' 1 hotter ways to acconv valinblo in Itself, but represented tbe . lilt toe I lllsl tho aamo rnlt FOUNDATIONS vellers of the mmio hour, and com- 1 f ;1 rinora a body blow during their "Nobedy is entitled to say. without. prinlons along thu same, road. we ,.|,| ( ,[ market IIIR HIMSOII, Ilrst bec.iu ,o e\b:instlvo Investigation nnd discus-' ought to help dim another; aniT when | U .()||| U w |ih money could use It to slon, what In particular can bo done | \s,< reaeb llin i-e.-iin;-, place, wo Hhull preater ndvantagn" In buying stocks to phi;, tbo gaps In social control of Human society rests 01^ Inscrutably havo first to render nn account of what each has dmiM for the bapplDOtt| of thn rest- for Joy, or for t;oodnoss. A kind look will win Its rmvard. to plead the existence of n difficulty as au excuse for leaving anything uu- ^2^*2*! >l \*. or were wo permitted to hope to survive our trials la place of over- coming thorn. Probably this is why so many of his pupils have found a high place In every sphere of life. lie was beginning of "an enormous thing." or iKiullng on Inflexibly opposed to the moiiorn ten- or ,B,..,.,, K .... security I'olhlt'erariban eo.nomle. processes which tbe experl- deep foundations, which he is of all ^"^ to nuko everything easy ami to in IliruicliiK crop oporallons next be enoe of tho past months has reveal- others tho most mistaken who fancies , u )ri - causrt many of Ibos.i dealing on 111 I. Clearly, how-over, tboro musv be ho has expU-rod to the bottom.-C.ir- commodity ttZOliaoKei llantdatad thell f" 1 "" 1 ""' means wlileh will adjust lylo. ivnver to con-iiur chvumstauces. MU'H AND JEFF By BUD FISHF.R That Makes Everything Even. TMC LOVC. 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