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".1 *1- * » 4 • ..^1 ^4 4 '-*i g UNDAY SCHOOL LESSON LESSON XIII Mesages from Genesis â€" John 1:1-6; Luke 17:26-32; Galatians 3:6-8; He- brews 11:1-12 ; 2 Peter 2:4-10. Printed Text - Hebrews 11:3-10, 17-22 Golden Text â€" "These all died in faith, not having received the pro- mises, but having seen them a««d greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they w/ere strangers and pilgrims on the earth. â€" Heb rews 11:13. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time â€" John wrote his Prologue atout 90 A.D. The teaching of Jesus recorded in Luke 17 was given in the winter of A.D. 30. Paul wrote the Ep- istle to the Galatians about A. D. 57. The date of the Epistle to the Heb- rews may be placed about A.D. 65-A.D 68. Place â€" There are so many differ- ent places recorded in various pas- sages that it would only be confusing to enumerate them, except to say that most of the examples of faith given in Hebrews are from events which took place in Palestine, in which country also Jesus taugh, Paul wrote his Epistle to the Galatians while at Corinth. We do not know with cer- tainty where the Epistle to the Heb- rews was written. "By faith we understand that the world's have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of 'hings which do ap- pear." There are fifteen special in- stances of the work of faith in this chapter, in addition to the general enumeration beginning at verse 32. Here in the third verse we have the first specific instance, namely, that it Is by faith in God's revelation to us how creation took place that we be- lieve that the world was framed by the word of God, i.e., by Crod speaking, and that the visible world was not made from things that already in ex- istence. "By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that ho was righteous. God bearing witness in respect of his gifts â€" and through it ho being dead yet apeaketh." The offering of Abel is re- corded in Gen. 4:4-5, where we read that it -i.as accepted by God, who, at the same time, refused the offering of Abel's brother, Cain. The offering of Abel was a slain lamb, while the offering of Cain was some product of the ground. It would seem that God had told these brothers that an ani- mal sacrifice was necessary when making an offering for the atonement of sin, and Abol, by faith in what God had said, and carrying out God's command, siiowed himself to be a true man <if faith. "By faith Enoch was translated so that ho should not see death; and he was not found, because God translat- ed him; for he hath had witness borne to him that before his transla- tion he had been woll-pleasinK unto God." The reference here is to Gen. 5:24. Enoch pleased God because he had faith in God. and God. in turn, delivered him from death, and took him to glory because of his faith. This does not mean that all people who have faith should expect to be trans- lated as was Enoch. Kovever, it is clear from the New Testament Scrip- tures, that all who believe in the Lord Jesi;s Christ, when Christ returns to his church, will not die, but will be caught up to be with the Lord, under- going a change but not suffering the death (1 Thess. 4:17). "And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto liiui, for he that Cometh to God must believe that he Is, and that he is a rewarded of them that seek after him." To ques- tion God's justice is to show a lack of faith, and this is sometimes a hard point with Christians who have endur- ed mu.^t suffering or great losses. We must throw ourseives completely on the lovo of t;od and beliave that he does all things well. ''Ijv faith, Noah, being warned of God, concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house ; through which he condemned the world, and becan-.o heir of the right- eousness which i; according to faith." Hero again we nolo that faith on the part of Noah was not only a convic- tion of the truthfulness of tho warn- ing of God, but actually acting iu the light of that warning â€" God warned him that judgement was coming, and that only an ark would ever preserve him durin.? tho flood; Noah believed that v.arning and prepared tho ark. "V<y faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he whis to receive for an inheri- tanca; and ho went out, not knowing whither he wont.'' God's call to Abra- ham is recorded in Gen. 13:1-3. Abra- haani had no idea of the nature or the location of that land to which God was calling him. Ho knew that God called him to go, and that God had promised to give him an inheritance, tod he simply followed the leading of <}od until he came to that place that God then told him was to be a perpet- ual possession for his descendants. "By faith he became a sojourner." The word sojourner moans "one who Hves in a place without the right of citizenship," and, consequently, ''ono irho lives on earth as a stranger." The idea is perfectly expressed iu 1 l»eter 2:11, and also iu Phil. 3:20 â€" "our citisenshiy is in heaven." "In tho Aâ€" 3 land of promise." Of courie this re- fers to Canaan, wh'ch Is called the Land of Promise, simply because God promised It to Abraham and his des- cendants,, as we read continually In the book of Genesis. "As In a land not his own." Abraham never actually did come to possess the Land of Promise. It belonged to the Canaanites when God promised It to Abraham, and, dur- ing his life and the lives of Issac and Jacob, the land, except that particular portion in which their families lived, never was their own. "Dwelling in tents, with Issac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise." This trait of dwelling in tents, pitched to- day in one place and tomorrow in an- other, indicates the temporary, un- settled nature of Abraham's abode in Canaan, which his immediate de- scendants, Isaac and Jacob shared. ''For he looked for the city which hath no foundations." This city, of course, was not an earthly city, no matter how great or glorious it might be, but a heavenly city, "the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusal- em" (Heb. 12:22), which Is so contin- uously referred to by the apostle Jolin In the last two chapters of the book of Revelation. "Whose builder and maker is God." Literally this might read "of which architect and master builder is God." "By faith, Abraham, being tried, of- fered up Issac; yea, he that had glad- ly received the promises was offering up his only begotten son. "Even he to whom it was said, in Issac shall thy seed be called. "Accounting that God is able to raise up, even from the dead; from whence he did also in a figure receive him back." The refer- ence here is to the events described in Gen. 22.1-14. There is one marvel- lous statement here which is not even found in the records of Genesis, name- ly, that Abraham believed when he was about to offer Issac, that God would actually raise Issac up from the dead, and that not In some long-dis- tant future, but, then, so that the pro- mises of God concerning the seed of Abraham would be kept. Abraham also knew that God's world would be kept, and he knew that If Issac died, the only thing that could happen so that God could keep his promises would be that God would bring his dead son back out of death again. "By faith Issac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come. The reference here is to Gen 27:26-29 and 39 and 40. These promises to his two sons concerned the future in which he had absolute confidence be- cause of his faith in God's revelation. "By faith. Jacob, when he was dy- ing, blessed each of the sons of Jo- seph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff." The reference here is to tho remarkable dying pro- phecies of Jacob, which he uttered after he went down into Egypt, re- corded in Genesis 49. When it says he worshipped leaning upon tho top of his staff, it simply means that he was too feeble to rise and kneel, or stand, and that he bowed his head in an at- titude of prayer while resting his hands, probably on the top of his staff while reclining on his couch. '•By faith, Joseph, when his end was nigh, made mention of the de- parture of the children of Israel, and gave commandment concerning his bones." The reference here is to Gen- esis 50:24-25. Joseph, though hund- reds of miles away from the land that God had promised to his gi'eat-grand- father, Abraham, to his grandfather Issac, and to his father, Jacob, was absolutely persuaded that that land belonged to Abraham's seed, and that some day the descendants of Jacob would go back to that land to receive it according to God's promise. These mighty patriarchs lived, spoke, plan- ned, travelled, and blessed their chil- dren all in the light of, and in accor- dance with the word of God which had been given to them and in which they had such implicit confidence. To sum it all up, these men lived by the faith in God's word. The Honeymooners Fa.shions and manners may change but Niagara Falls still continues to draw the honeymooners and, accord- ing to local hotel-keepers and of- ficials, more have i-egistereJ at local hotels in the past two months than in si.\ months last year. Immigration officials report large numbers of Am- erican honeymooners crossing to Canada every day. In any gathering, almost anywhere, it is possible to find a largo number present who spent wedding trips here and look back kindly on their visits to the falls. All the world loves a lover and we have always had a kindly feeling for the honeymooners, so generation after generation of married lovers continue to come hero. Long may they come. Welcome may they always be. â€" The Niagara Falls Review. Law on Soil Drifting An obedient wife is one whose hus- band has told her to do what she pleases, and who docs it. â€" Kitchener Record. You may be able to get Australa, China and Russia on your radio. But try and get ten dollars on it at the deal«(r's. â€" Quebec Chronic!e-Tele- graph. A couple of years ago the legis- lators of the province decided that the time had come to take some com- pulsory action, and a soil drifting measure was passed which made it possible for neighbor to sue neighbor if drifted soil caused damage to land. We have never heard of the act being invoked, but it might be a good thing if it were. It might focus pub- lic attention on the problem and bring about mor.^ concerted action in this phase of farm rehabilitation work in the West. There is a strong tendency, we have noticed, for farmers to say that soil drifting control methods are fine "for the other fellow;" but they do not apply them at home. â€" Lethbridge Herald. Milk Protection For Tourists Ordinary raw milk heated to 142 de- grees in a double boiler for thirty mi- nutes and then chilled is free from dangerous bacteria. This process is called pasteurization, and from pas- teurized milk there is little or no like- lihood of contracting bovine tuber- culosis, diptheria, typhoid fever, uh- dulant fever or septic sore throat. To- ronto and almost 5 other Canadian centres make pasteurization compul- sory for the protection of their peo- ple. But when their people go touring the country, this protection, and the protection afforded by a pure wa;er supply, can no longer be exercised by the home municipality. It remains for the individual to demand pasteurized milk and government tested water at the resorts which he patronizes. The Health League of Canada is go- ing to promote this form of tourist safety by listing the resorts in Ont- ario which furnish guests with pas- teurized milk only. United States tourists are beginning to ask for such information, and to some this will no doubt be a deciding factor. It will, at any rate, do much to promote public health. There have been in the past, re- sorts which prided themselves upon giving their guests "milk fresh from the cow â€" not like the poor stuff you get in the city." Such milk, unfortun- ately, may be full of harmful germs. The cow may have tuberculosis, or it may have been wading in a typhoid- contaminated pool. Pasteurization is a simple process which removes the hklihood that any disease will be transmitted. Typical City's Typical American Family Muncie, Ind., recently studied as the typical American city, selected fir. and Mrs. Glen Craig and their children, Emma Lou, 7, and BiJI^ ^ the "Typical American Family." They are shown in Chicago they arrived by plane. â- .: â- '-: Youth "Elmancipator" "Any girl who is needed at home has a job just as surely as the girl who operates a m.Tchine in a factory.'' "The fruits of the free spirit of the men do not grow in the garden of ty- ranny." â€" Stanley Baldwin. Mrs. Kathryn Coburn. Albany. X.Y., with moiiel and finished rotary yarn winder she is exhibiting at Inventors Congi-ess m -Vew York. It is designed to relieve impatient youth, whose arms mothers use while winding yarn. Paris Exposition Formally Opened The great Faris international exhibition .was oponol recently by President Lcbrun. Our picture shows, from ri'::ht to loft, in first row; Paul Bastid. Min'stcr of Commerce; Edouard Hcrriot, President of th • Chamber of Deputies; Albert Lebrun and M. Jean-nency, President of the Senate. Inovie-rddiol igossip Br DOROTHY Executives at the Twentieth Cen- tury Fox studio are disappointed the public hasn't made more of a fuss over Simone Simon, so they are go-' Ing to put her in a comedy and sea ' it she goes over better. They are J teaming her with Jack Haley, who j made such a hit in "Wake Up and! Live," in a fast-moving comedy cad-' led "Love at Work." â- jum ' Motion picture studio officials al- ways change tiie subject when any- one asks ir their stars really sing or if some singer substitutes for them, but radio listeners can recognize their favorite voices under any circum- stances. They insist that Buddy Clark of the Hit Parade did Jack Haley's singing, that Virginia Verrill sang for both Jean Harlow and Vir'-'inia Bruce and that iu "The Great Barnum" It was Francia White w!io sang for Miss gruce. Miriam Hopkins Warner Brothc-rs have arranged to borrow Miriam Hopkins for two pic- tures and it looks as if it would keep the entire studio busy for weeks finding stories to which sh e- won't raise a violent objection. Schedul- ed to appear with Errol Flynn in "'Tho Perfect Specimen,", she flatly re7use"d.' Instead she will malTe a tearful lit- tle romance called "Episode " support- ed :â- ;;.- Ian Hunter and Charles Winni- ger. After that, the Warner Brothers studio would like to have lier in "Sis- ters, " with Kay Francis. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.. has decid- ed that he likes the United States better after all. While he was in Eng- land, he realized his ambition to be- come a producer, and felt ?o grate- ful to the countrymen who backed him that he thought he would live there always. Coming back to Holly- wood to make just one picture. ' Tho Prisoner of Zenda." he found when it was tlnished and he was free to go back to England that he just couldn't bear to leave all his childliood friends. ODDS AND ENDS â€" Joe Peuner doesn't mention ducks eveu once in "New Faces." which is being filmed by UKO. and funhermoie he ap- pears black face for the first time. â€" Ken Murray always dresses :nost con- servatively, when he shows up for a broadc;Lst. but around home he goes in for the dizizest colored smoking jackets and lounging robes â€" Motion picture' producers, are wildly enthus- iastic ^ over the intimate, caressing voice of Rosalind Greene who an- nounces Mrs. Roosevelt's radio pro- gram, and since they have heard that she is young and ext:-:iordinarily beautiful they are rushing to her with contracts for tho pictures. Sensible Loveliness Tiiis foi-uiai evening ^own of sheer dotted swiss, a new, mod- ern version of the old-time fav- orite, is made of pro-.shrunk ma- terial and will withstand a sea- son of tubbings in soap an 1 water without the less of^aiiy of its fit or style.