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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON i __ 4, New Lord Mayor of London LESSON IV Christian Renewal â€" John 10:7-16; Titus 3:1-11 Printed Tet Titus 3:1-11 GOLDEN TEXT â€" "For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salva- tion to all men." â€" Titus 2:11. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time â€" The words of our Lord â- were uttered In October, A.D., 29. The Epistle to Titus was written shortly before the martyrdom of St. Paul, pro- bably A.D. 66. Place â€" Our Lord's words were ut- tered In Jerusalem. The Epistle of Paul to Titus was written from Rome to Titus who was residing in the Is- land of Crele. John Ruskin has well said. "There Is no wealth but life." The question might well be asked by every man. In the quiet of an hour when he Is alone with himself and with God: "What would I consider to be the richest, ful- lest possible life for myself, if I could hare everything in the world I should wish to choose?" Then he might follow this question with an- other: "Is my life today as rich, deep, full, and satisfying as It can be?" John 10:7-16. The central statement in this lesson assigned to us from the tenth chapter of John, as it relates to the general subject of our lesson for today, is found at the end of verse 10, »'I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly." The reason why Christ Is able to bestow abundant life upon men is be- cause, on the one hand, he delivers men from all those powers which rob them of life. He delivers from the pow- er of sin, the power of Satan, and the power of death. He is able to do this because he lived slnlessly and can give victory. The abundant life which we have In Christ extends into every sphere of our personality. Our Lord came also to give us more abundant intellectual life. We can hardly imagine today the mental dark- ness of the world into which our Lord came. More Abundant Life Most of all. Christ is able, and he ©nly- to give to men a rich, more abun- dant, overflowing spiritual life. He •lone brings God into the lite of man. The epistle of Paul to Titus was written to him while he was wording B3 a disciple of Christ and a laborer In tlie church in the island of Crete. "Put thorn m mind to be in subjec- tion to rulers, to authorities, to be ob- edient." The reference here is princi- pally to Roman officers who were in authority in the island of Crete. ''To be ready unto every good work." Good woriis have nothing to do with the cer- tainty of our being saved, but good worl<s certainly ought to be a part of the experience of everyone who is saved. 'To speak evil of no man." There is probably no greater sin among the children of Cod than speaking evil one of another, and this vicious habit the New Testament continually denounc- es. "Not to be contentious." Literally, this means not to be fighters. "To be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men." "For we also once were foolish.'' That iS' acting without understanding, stupidly, without discernment, which is a characteristic of every sinner. "Disobedient." Both to God's laws, and the laws of magistrates and rulers. "Deceived." As in 2 Tim. 3:13, either by the devil or by the false opinions of men. "Serving divers lusts and pleasures." With a sort of grim humor St. Paul here flashes a sudden light on what is called a life of pleasure, and shows what a slavery it really is. "Living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another." .\re not hatred antl envy the cause of nearly all mur- ders, and most of the lies that people -^eli Sbout ithers. and. ultimately, the ^ieuse^ of w.ir itself? ''But whim the kindness of God our Saviour, nnd his love toward man, ap- peared." Of course this is a direct re- : ference to the incarnation of the Son ; Of God, for God's love for the world •. was so great that he sent his only be- gotten Son. Until that time men hard- ly knew, and never knew in alt the wealth ot its meaning, that God iu heaven loved sinners on earth. Washing of Regeneration ''Not by works dona in righteous- ness, which we did ourselves." All the good works done in righteousness, are worthy and commendable but they can never save us. "But according to his mercy he saved us." The mercy of God is simply his knowledge of our desperate need, and his delivering us from the fearful consequences of our desperate condition. ''Through tlie washing of regeneration." Literally, our word regeneration simply means born again. Most commentators make the word washing to refer to baptism. However, baptism does not save us, but is a symbol ot the washing away of our sins- which takes place when we are bom again. It is that gradual conforming of the mind, more and more, to that new spir- itual world into which he has been in- troduced, the restoration of the divine image. "Which he poured out upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Sa- viotir." All the spiritual blessings of the new birth and of the new life are represented as flowing down to us from and out of the one fountain and well-spring of the love of God the Father. Sinner Declared Just "That, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life." To be jus- tified is to be declared just, and, in the epistles of Paul, it means that a sinner before the throne of holy God is declared just or righteous- "Faithful is the saying, and con- cerning these things I desire that thou affirm confidently, to the end that they who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men." Good works are simply doing those things that bring good and blessing to other people. There are good works on a strictly materialistic basis, such as supplying clothes, food, shelter, and relief in physical distress, minister- ing to the sick, and the lonely, and the impoverished; but there are good works on a higher plane, such as un- folding the word of God to those who do not know it, bringing comfort in an hour of tragedy, leading others out of darkness into light, ignorant men and women, praying with others and for others, faithfulness to those who need us, etc- That great pas- sage in Tim. 3:16, 17 reveals the su- preme spirituality of what we call good works, and no man can do good works unless he is a believer in the Lord Jesus. Notice especially the word "careful." The word implies two things: ''Bring your brains to bear on these truths that are being thus constantly examined; bring them into your hearts through your minds, that they may. Alter into the shape the life. Carefulness means the occupation of the mind with the truths that produce holiness of life. .\nd then, secondly, there must be a direct and continuous effort to in- crease our faith. ''But shun foolish questionings, and genealogies, and strifes, and fightings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain." "A factious man" The word in- dicates a man who is determined to go his own way. and so forms par- ties and factions in the church. "Af- ter a first and second admonition re- fuse; Knowing that such a one is perverted, and sinneth, being self- condemned. The meaning seems to be that, after a first attempt to in- duce this person to desist from his perverse and self-willed conduct, Ti- tus is to waste no more time on him, because he knows his efforts will be useless- "It is a kindly fate that has not given us the gift of seeing ourselves as others see us." â€"Will Durant. Câ€" 3 Around The Dial RADIO HEADLINERS OF THE WEEK With FRANK DENNIS >»»>>>»»»»*«t»i Witli ce.'iiu: i' js- liii ceremony at the Guilrhall, Sir Harry Twyford was elected to be nest Lord Mayor of London. Before the election a service was held at the Church of St. La'wrence Jewry. Sir Harry is nearer the camera in the procession to the Guildhall. Well, here we are back again with a little more gossip about the people you hear on the radio. The other day we slipped into the studios of CFRB, and gum-shoed our way into a studio . . â-  and what do you think we found â€" Roy Locks- ley and an unknown lad. Roy telis us that the lad is Joseph Laderoute â€" a new comer to radio â€" and Joseph has one of the finest tenor voces we have ever heard. We understand that Joseph is taking the tenor lead in the Mendelssohn Choir Concert in the very near future. Laderoute or- ij^inally comes frorn the Sault. Our best wishes to you, Joseph. Grad Preseatation Another new voice to come on the air in recent programs is that of Jack Barkin. Jack sang in Toronto some :/ears ago, at which time he started an a night club tour. Now he is back for the Grad Cigarette Broad- cast. Congratulations are in order in Jack's case, for a week ago, the stork paid the Barkins a visit. Speak- ing of the Grad presentation over CFRB, the program Is one of the fin- est yet presented â€" featuring two min- utes of practically everything that could be broadcast â€" sport â€" comedy â€" drama â€" song â€" and music Some good friends of ours just breezed into town â€" Norman Harris a.^d his orchestra. The boys were summer-jobbing it up fiorth and now New Governor of Hong-Kong and Wife Sir Geoffrey Alexander Stafford Xorthcote, K.C.M.G., is pictured wtih Lady Nortiicole just previous to sailing to take up the Governorship of Hong Kong. Sir Geoffrey has been in the Colonial Service since leaving Balliol College in 1904, and has served in various capacities in Kenya, Northern Rhodesia, :ind on the Gold Coast. During 1928-36 he was Governor and Commander-in-Chief of British Guiana- Lady Northcote is a daughter of Rev. J. W. Adams, V.C. Wanted! A Hurricane "Good-bye. Hope you run into a hurricane!" This sounds a strange "God-speed" to departing airmen, but actually it was what they wished themselves. For the two airmen, giv- en such a strange good-bye, formed an expedition setting, out from Bos- ton, Massachusetts, to study weather conditions. Success depended upon their being able to make observatioos of a hurricane. MILD BRIGHT CIGARETTE TOBACCO IN THE BIG PACKAGE TINS 25< China Prejudiced Against Actors China, land of ancient prejudices, has one prejudice against actors which dies hard. Until recent years, the law and tra- dition classed actors with boatmen and slaves, strictly forbidding them to marry into higher grades of socie- ty. Their children were not allowed to sit for examinations giving entry into civil service posts. The law for- bade them to wear garments of silk spun by domesticated caterpillars; the silk had to be that from wild co- coons, of the sort used for making fishing-nets. .A.ctors were not allowed to wear furs. If they had even worn a slight- ly bedraggled rabbit-skin collar they wouUl have been punished by a pub- lic whipping with bamboos. Only sheepskins or goatskins were allowed as a lining for the actor's winter coal. Ami one of the chief missions of a marriage go-between was to ascer- tain that neither the pro.^poctive bride nor groom of middle-class or- igin ha;l a taint of leprosy or luns'.'y â€" or was related to an actor. Insurance for Thieves A thieves' insurance company, consisting of 3,000 member.-;, has been operating in Warsav,-, Poland. The members pay a regular premium, and should one of them be arrest- ed, the company pays trial costs. In the case of conviction and imprison- ment, the company provides extra food. ROYAL WINTER FA9R Evervbody In rural Ontario should visit the RoyaJ this year. U shows agriculture in all Its branches. Brinss together the continent's ouLstaniiuiK authorities on agriculture and livestock Bring the family, reap the licncllts anil pleasures of thi3 "Regal and Im- poicU Year". 8 GLORIOUS DAYS A Duizling Horse Show. Beer m-l (iHlrv cMttlQ. horses, sheep, swine, piul- i-y. (oxej. minks, (liiwcrs. Kxliibits .'1 '.he chi'icesl pnxiucts of field.s, or- c:r.;t!9 and g.inlens of the coutrr;-. Canada's Greatest Fat Stock Show l-'e,it'.irc .iltracli n.i every (l:iy. T'n.l- I mt displays i;l Iu r.i:ma:iahl-p. Some- (â- â- -.. different every minute. I Cheap Railway Fares | November 15 - . *) Royal Coliseum TORONTO ^^l^ i'if 'r;n !!i:n irrl'.r: W. A. Dryden. Mgr., 217 Bay St.. Toronto. are located at the Palais Royalc Hk Toronto â€" broadcasting over CFRB. Frankie Radclitfe, Harris's ace tr -m- peter, we take it is quite a lad. No sooner than he gets in town that he calls Dorothy Daly, local songstress, and it seems that they are tliat-a-way about each other. By the way, Do- rothy's brother. Ran, used to play in the Harris organization about a year ago. Paging Canadian Talent Talking to Ken Soble, he tells tis that Canadian amateur talent is far from running dry. Elimination con- tests are being run from local thea- tres at Gait, Guelph, Chatham, Brant- ford, Woodstock, Sarnia, Hamilton and other points west. The winners are heard on the Sunday noon ama- teur hour. -Arrangements have been made for the ultimate winner to visit Hollywood for screen tests. Who knows â€" there may be another Garbo or Barrymore. We think this series of programs is really giving Canadi- an talent an opportunity. If any of our readers would like to compete, just write Ken Soble at CFRB, To- ronto. From down below the border cornea word that Murray MacEcheran, To- ronto trombonist who joined the ranks of Benny Goodman's Swinge- roos has left that musical organiza- tion to join Glen Gray'^i Casa Loma Orchestra. This brings a couple more of Toronto's musicians together. Glen Gray, if you recall, some years a.go formeil his band in Toronto and i:!a.vcd at the Ca.-^a Loma when it was Liirned into a hotel. Two-Piano Team Ju?t spoUo to Lou Snider of the famous piano team of Snider and Ros.-;. He informs us that they will put on a fiiteen minute prorrram over the CRCT, Commission and Mu- tual networks on Thursday. October 2S at S:l-3. We recall the tirst time tiiose boys played their first two pi- ano prog'am and v.o are really tick- led with the*progre?? they have made. They are also heard on the Grad Cigarette Show on Friday -^v.-aings w ith Ri -• Locksley's orchestra. F'.im -l.v.vn below came the inau- auration of the 1-th con.secutive sea- >'<n un the air of the "Voice of Ni- ar;i:a" program, featuring the Car- borundum Band and age old Indian L'gends related by Francis D. Bow- in;:n. This is one of the pioneer i-ommercia! !irog.;i;i\- The programs -re heard from l.ZO to 8.00 Satur- â- lay.-< over the CBS web. Listeners who are great followers of series such as Ma Perkins, the Goldbergs and others will certainly appreciate Columbias new series en- titled "Jenny Peabody." heard every Monday. W'ednesday and Friday at -'> 'MO p.m. The iMograms will orig- inate from th» Chicago studios and will feature a distinguished cast head- ed by Menlo Everitt, well-known character actress. Descriptive Music Victor Bay's new program is caus- ing a deal of comment. This new series is devoted to music describing all manner of worldly subjects under the direction of Victor Bay, brilliant young CBS conductor, with David Ro.ss, Hollace Shaw and other stars. The program is aired Thursdays over the Columbia set from 10:00 to 10:30. Bees to Take Florida Trip Canny Owners Put Theni on A Twelve-Month Production Schedule Millions ot bees are joining the Flor- iiUi trek this year but it's not their iiiPH. They are being brought down (prohii'.)ly against their will) by canny ov, n.-rs who want to deprive them ot their long winter holiday and put them on a 12-inonth production schedule. The Florida Beekeepers' Association reported last week this sea-sonal mi- gration, started tentatively a few years ago. is reaching heavy volume this season. Phil Taylor, supervising inspector for the state department of agricul- ture, snid Florida ha."* a bee popula- tion of more th.m 5.000.000 and tliey dont loaf. They hii::7. out in search of nectar for their lOOOOO queeas every day In the year. S'.fi'ietimes they land on an automo- tile driver instead of a flower. That makes them aHitiy. Ri.'rht now there is a driver in a l)ela::d nnsi'ilal with flva fractnri'd ribs. .-V tee .r;ct in his c.'^r. Us !r' 1 ta do.'se it, lo£t control, hit i pole.