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' SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON LESSON V THE CHURCH ENLARGING ITS FELLOWSHIP Act. 8 PRINTED TEXT Act. 8:1-8, 14-17, 25 GOLDEN TEXT. They there- fore tlil were tcattered abroad went about preaching the word. Acts 8:4. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time. A.D. 36. Place. Samaria a the region in Palestine lying between Judaea and Galilee; Gaza was an old city of the Philistines fifty milei southwest of Jerusalem; Aiotui was thirty miles north of Gaza, and Qaesarea, a coastal city, was located midway between Joppa and Tyre. This lessor, is helpful to as in the study of the consequences of persecution in the Christian church, namely, an even greater dissemination of the Gospel than was taking place before the per- secution arose. Saul the Periecutor Acts 8:1. "And Saul was con- senting unto his death. And L-.ere arose on that day a great persecution against the church which waj ir. Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad through- out the region; of Judaea and Sa- maria, except the apostles. 2. And devout ir.en buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him. 3. But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house, and dragging men and women committed them to prison. 4. They therefore that were scat- tered abroad wer.t about preach- ing the word." After the death and burial of Stephen, the persecution still rag- ed in Jerusalem. That temporary protection which had been ex- tended to the rising sect by such men as Gamaliel was now at an end. Pharisees and Sadducees priests and people alike, indulged in the most violent and ungovern- able fury. The eminent and ac- tive agent in this persecution was Saul (who here conies for the first time upon the stage of New Testament history ) : There ar strong grounds for believing that, if he was not a member of the Sanhedrin at the time of St. Stephen's death, he was elected into that powerful senate soon after; possibly as a reward for the zeal he had Shown against the heretic doing. Before we. have ruad much further in the book of Acte, we will find that he, who is now the greatest persecutor of :iie early Church, Saul, will be- come the greatest preacher of the Gospel of the grace of God which the ancient world ever knew. Thus is God able to work miracles with- in the hearts of men, and to mightily deliver His church in a time of great distress. The Gotpel in Samaria 5. "And Philip went down to ihe city of Sanmia, and proclaim- ed unto. them the Christ." Sa- maria was populated by a nation of people utterly despised by the Jews, and equally despising their Jewish neighbors semi-Jews we might call them, who held rigidly to the traditions and laws of the Pentateuch, who wore looking for the Messiah. A Jew considered himself contaminated even to go through the country of Samaria. But the love of God through Christ in Philip'* heart had given him a love for all men every- where. Prejudices disappeared. I \\> need this today as much as it was needed then). Philip, the. evangelist, must not be confused with Philip, one of the Twelve Apostles. G. "And the multi- tudes gave heed with one accord unto the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard, and saw the signs which he did. 7. For from many of those that had unclean spirits, they came out, crying with a loud voice: and many that wore palsied, and that were lame, were healed. 8. And there was much joy in that city." Philip proclaimed as a herald the Messiahship of Christ. He preached also as an evangelist the good news of the Kingdom of (Jod, and of the name of Jesus. Undoubtedly Philip preached from the Old Testament, for surely no New Testament book had yet been wriiten, but in his preaching he continually pointed to the Mes- siah, not the Messiah who 113 still to come, but the Messiah who had already come, fulfilling th prophecies that spoke of Him. In preaching- Christ, he preached Jesus as the Messiah fur whom all Jews and Samaritans were looking. Receiving the Holy Spirit 14. ''Now when the apostles that wre at Jerusalem hoard that Sa- maria had received the word of Gd, they sent unto them Voter aid John." We find this sum* Mtton again taken by the mother OKurch in Jerusalem when they heard of the great work which was being don in ih city of Antioch (Acts 11:1!>-2S. semli-vr Barnabas to examine and report to them concerning the condition* of ;h revival about whick they New Brazilian Minister to Canada and Wife Photographed shortly after their arrival in Montreal. His Excel- lency, Joao Alberto Lins de Barros with his wife, is shown above. H* is the Minister to Canada of Brazil and the first Latiri American diplo- mat of such high ranking to come to Canada. His first task here will b* to establish a Brazilian-Canadian direct steamship service. had been hearing. Peter the practical; John the poet. Peter the man of deeds; John the dreamer. When the work in Sa- maria had to be inspected, for I think thaU was the first aposto- lic intention, the Spirit, acting through the apostles, sent these two; the man of deeds, and the man of dreams. 15. "Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit: 16. for as yet it was fallen upon none of them : only they had been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. IT. Then laid they their haiuLs on them, and they received ffce Holy Spirit." The gift of the Holy Spirit evi- dence of the aew life which re- sulted from faith in Christ to the Samaritan converts was her* granted through the agency of the apostles. Peter and John, who were sent from Jerusalem to in- vestigate the work of Philip. The mission of Peter and John, their prayer, and the miraculous gifts, also demonstrated the unity of the Church. 25. "They therefore, when thev had testified and suok- RADIO REPORTER By DAVE BOBBINS THE "BANDWAGON" The new raJlo show wiih a de- cldetlly new twist is ertitertaiuinit t'-iousanils of listeners from ttu o! Ontario's radio gtatioii-* these nights under the title The K-A Bandwagon. The Baiu'.waiou is s fast-moving musical show that has plenty of pe.p and enU'-uiumen: value, but in our niiinj. Us out- standing feature is its community service theme which varies acooi-il- lnjt to the location. Red Cro. \Vork. War Savings, Community \Velfare. traffic safety, eucourag- iujs tourists, and many other prob- lems of the individual community are sparked by this new program. Jts growing popularity a'.l over Outario proves Its worth in th-j very worthwhile effort it is miiki'u la behalf of community life, la Northern Ontario. th B-ind 1 * a-Mii Is heard in North Bay Thursday nights at 7.00. Sudbury. Thursday nights at 8.30. and Friday nights In Port William. In Eastern On- tario t Ottawa Friday uights at 7.30. Kingston Friday nights it 8.00. and at Prescott Ki iday | at 6.00 oYK><.-k. In Western Ou- tario. at Windsor Thursday uights at 8.00, aud London Friday night at 7.00. while in Central Ontario. It is heard from CKOC at Hani i Hon. Friday nights at S.30, and from PFRB in Toronto Saturday uiglits kt 7.30. in for the B.i'i>! -A .no;-, this AROUND THE DIAL Nel Spaiks. ioiii--fav->'d comic* of ui.iny film hits, stars in a new series of half hour fun programs tht are heard over the Columbia chln each Sunday at 5.30 (Stand- ard). The Ned Sparks show is a Canadian program designed to at- tract American tourists to the Do- minion, and Includes all Canadian talent such as Satr l.ep. wsll- known Toronto singer buisi Ro- manelli's King Edward Ba:ul and others. It should be an enjoy- show. Another new program which has C.A S K. written all over the script Aud "with Love to My Sweetheart" ia *very song is the feature which takes its uume from the sons 'Over H-re For Over There." written by vocalist Jess Jeffrey. Y\nm* Boi> Favnoii of Haupy Gang fnn:< will direct the orchestra an,i t'::- pop- ular Guardsmen are retu \ eigli strong, for this new variety show. Several other uanv- starve.! fo th-< feature t\i T i Wed- nesday night at nine XBC's Symphony Orcaest ra. which closed -ks seasou under Ar- turo Toscanlir.'s baton last Satur- day evening, wf'.l be replaced this Saturday by a Summer Syoiphouy S-V : ^M heard over WKBR The Summer *erles will conce-n- t",tt on lighter works aud selec- tions of lessei'-kiioivn composers. Reginald Stewart, noted Toronto conductor, his ben signed to con- duct the opening four pron a - Radio SUnts: Dinah Slioi e wants to go to the Charlie McCarthy show at au increase in ixiy but ii'--5-! K !'!' r,.utor thumbs down the proposition . . . You'll b hear- !.< World Series Baseball announc- er Red Barber ou the sport end of the r.ews-Av: in your theatre. . . The mirno of the new "Loiu- K.ia?;- ev" is Braes Riwrner . _. . \Va '. nisny will work with a Major film company to produce "Th. Life atul Sl<v ies of Hans Christian An- tlei-svw" . . . It's not likely we'll ever see Disney's "Fantasia": the cost of special sound equipment is too high . . . K.u* Smith has tloue a neat recording of "Little Church hi KiuUtiul" for Columbia . . . Bins Crosby's work on "Cmp- towti Races" for Uecc.i i* really sonmhinK . . . NBC comedian Boo Bums and his Mrs. havu takou to Moycling . . .1 15 or 20 mile dally spin. n tht word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the joip! to many villages o: the Samaritans." The apostles had DC power t confer miraculous gift--; but the fact thmt they prayed for their bestowal ihowa that they recog- nized the fact that Samaritans had actually become Christians, and that they (the apostles* gave their sanction to th new step which Philip had taken in preach- ing tha gospel to those who were wot Jaw*. Cat Lost All Its Nine Lives Gardening . . . ARTICLE No. 9 Probably the best garden soil for vegetables, flowers, grass, and most shrubs too, is a good loam. This is a soil that is not all clay or all sand. It is really a mixture of both, plus a lot of humus, or rotted vegetable mater- ial like leaf mould. Now, of course, one does no: find this ideal soil everywhere but it u possible to create it out o? almos: anything in Canada. Hey Soil Heavy soil, for instance, can be loosened permanently by the spading or plowing in of some well-rotted strawy manure or lacking this vegetable growth such as clover, quickly grown oats or even weeds. In very small gar- dens it is possible to secure s load or two of sand, or loose black leaf mould. This will also help to loosen the heavy clay and make it easily worked. Just plain cultivation alone will help. The beginner with a brand new piece of raw clay should no: get discouraged. Such soil is always hardest to work a: first, fclach year will find the job simpler, the soil improved. Sandy Soil Light, sandy soils are a. * ayi greatly benefitted by the addition o: strawy manure or black loam. The incorporation of vegetable matter such as straw and weeds or clover will add humus to the sand and make it hold moiscure better and give it a more desir- able body. Take Your Time Because we have :ong hours of sunlight in Spring and Summer, it really does not matter then if our garden goes in late, as once growth starts it is rapid. Garden beginners are advised to have pa- tience. There is no need for rush- ing, in fact there are very good reasons againn such a course. Real growth with most vege- tables does not et underway until the weather and soil begin ta warm. There are. some except- ions, of ccurse. Lettuce, sp peas, nursery stock, should be planted as soon as possible as a'.l like cool weather. But for the medium hardy type of vegetable things like beans, beets, corn and tomatoes there is no advantage in sowing too soon. They will make little ;; in any case until the soil really turns warm. Even Balkan Experts Differ Pronunciation of Names In News Proves Difficult B.tlkitu autho. iti.-s i:i New York differ cousi:l>rably uj>ou th* pro- uuuci.Uion of place names rece.it !y prominent 111 tiie news. Take your choice. Skoplje, tha laniorta: ir Yug > a ceatre, can be pronounced Scope- lee-yeh, according to the Slavonic languages branch of th< New Yo;k Public Library, of more b ' Scope-lya, according to the Yugo- slav Legation. Ljubljana is Lyu-b!yii-na to both authorities, aud they also airee ou Sarajevo as Sara-yevo. Bitolj Southern Yugoslav city, is variously Bee-toll-e and bee-tol". A similar difficulty exists iu ol>- Uiuiug the e-xact English spoken equivalent of Greek uaiue-s. al- though the differences are not so rear. Fny Instance, the Strunia val- ley where th* Greeks made their ' \ oc staud is pronounced St. MU< a ami Stream-on, with the 'n" sound very slight. Similarly the N'vrokopi ;>l.neati is pronounced Nevro-wpe-e> and Nevro-cope-cn. Tw Riverton, Wyo., families witnessed a blackout last week all because of a pole-climbing cat. The cat scurried to the top of an electric pole, causing a short- circuit which blew a fuse. resulted in no lights for tin homes. Total fatalities: the cat. THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson IN DENMARK, THERE \S A K THAT BL);(_DS CCPH.1JMJ1 H6 5-K. ; NO. ANSWER: No, It is a common ^unt these days for parachute' Jumpers to gjv the crowds a thrill oy dropping several ftet before opening their ch'-ita*. 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