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Young CaiMuliaLn Musiciaiu Receive Prizes for Best Compositions LESSON VIII SERVINC THROUGH CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP Mar 12:13-15, 28-34 Golden Text.â€" Thou shall love tjiy neighbor as thyself. Mark 12:31. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time.â€" Tuesday of Passion Week, April 4. A.D. 30. Place.â€" Jerusalem. 13. And they send unto certain of the Pharisees and of the Her-Jians, that they might catch him in talk. Be- hind this malicious purpose of these supposeclly honorablo men was i hat- red of the Lord Jesus Christ, which had already prejudiced his case, and had closed the minds of these men to the truthfulness of his teaching and the reality of his Messiahship. These emissaries were chosen, because they occupied different sides of the ques- tion prppo d to Jesus. On the ques- tion of ihe paying of tribute, with all the corollaries, they would be divided, and Jesus must oSend one or the other by his answer. The Herodlans fav - ed the Roman 'ix, while the Phari- sees opposed it continually, demanding for the Jewish peoplo complete inde- pendence of Rome. A Conversaticnal Trap 14. And when they were come, they say unto him, Teacher, we know that thou art true. An unconscious witness to the impi-ession which Christ's life and teaching had left, even upon ene^ mies. "-^And carest not for any one. had shown little consideration for men of learning and hierarchici-l rank, doubtless he would be equally Indif- ferent to the procurator and the ena- peror !r::nself. For thou regardest not the person of men. That is a person's outward appearance or position. But of a truth teachest the way of God. "ifhe preamh' is skillfully arranged with the'vijw of disarming suspicion, and at the same time preventing es- cape. They . ei - luring Jesus to work his own destruction by means ot an unguarded statement he might make. Is it la^T.' •! to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? 15. Shall we give or shall we not give? The great rebel- lion against Rome, headed by Judas of Galilee (Acts 5:37), had for its war- cry, "It is r-t lawful to pay trib'ite ib Caesar." Jewish patriots denounc- 6^ the payment of tribute. If Christ shid "Yes," his accusers would de- nounce him to the people as an op- pressor. If "No," they could accuse him to the Romans as a rebel. But he, knowing their hypocrisy. The word "hypocris " means, literally, "acting." Said unto them, Why make >% trial of me? bring me a denarius. ilrit I may see it. The denari'.:3 is the name of the most simple Roman coin which circulate<l thro -gh the empire. and in terms of which ai' public ac- cou:r;s were made up. A denarius was, in the time of our Lord, the daily wage ot a laborer (Matt. 20:2ff.). 16. And they brought it. A-' he saith unto them. Whose is this image and su'.ierscription? The image, of course, was the head of Caesar stamp- ed on the coin, while the superscrip- tion consisted of the Latin words sur- rounding the image on the edge of the coin. And they said unto him. Caesar's All I^oman emperors were called Oac sav. The ' niiug emperrr was Tiberius. Christ's answer was pe- culiarly complete. The Pharisees had a ma.\im, "He whose coin is current is king of the 'aud." The T.hings That Are Caesar's 17. And Jesus said unto them, Ren- der unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God'a. When Jesus replied to their question, he made it a matter of payment, saying, it one would inter- pret strictly, "Pay to the Roman gov- ernment Roman coin." They them- selves were tacitly recognizing the government and availing themselves ot their privileges under it by using Us coin, and that left them no pretext tor denying its rights. Jesus went far beyond what the Pharisees and Herodians ever expected in answering this question. One's entire duty of life is not deaned by his relationship to government. "The things of God" are all that our relationship to him In- volves, contrition, faith, love, worship, obedience. And if most of all he demands the lo,-e, the heart of man, here also he can ask, "Whose image and superscrip- tion is.-.this ?" For in the image ot God made he mau. And they marvelled greatly at him. They wondered, per- haps, not so much at the profound truth of the words, which they could icarcely have realized, as at the ab- sence in them of anything on which they could lay hold. Two Greatest Commandments 28. .\nd one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him. The scribe fully re- ^Ognized'the supreme qualities of Je- sus' teaching and the remarkable An- ility of his answer to the preceding Question that had been asked. What commandment is the first of all. To Understand the que.ition and the ans- wer we must recall that the rabbis counte* no less than 613 command- ments, 248 positive. 365 negative. Soma magnified the commandments about the sacrifices, others the Sab- A-C teaching of the First and Second Com- mandments. This sentence absolutely prohibits the recognition ot any gods but the -"1*5 true God, and the worship ot any being other than God himself. 30. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God. This is a quotation from Deut. 6:5, and, as Rabbi Hertz has said: "This is the first instance in human history that the love of God was de- bath laws, others the law and regu- lations about circumcision. 29. Jesus answered. The first Is, Hear, Israel; the Lord our God, the Lord U one. This verse sums up the manded In any religion. The love ot God is the distinctive mark of his true worshippers. Love of God must be the outcome of knowledge ot God." With all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. The first phrase means that there is to be no part ot our heart which does not love God. In the psychology of the ancient Hebrews the "soul" was the organ ot the de- sires and affections. The "mind" htre would seem to refer to the faculty ot thought itself. When we are told to love the Lord with all of our strength, it means that we are to yield to him all the force and power which resides in our being, especially in our bodies. The keeping of all laws should be mo- tived by love; it it is not, then the moral value ot obedience is lost. Every sin is a violation of the law of love, and every grace and virtue is an ex- pression of love in one or other ot its many aspects. 31. The second is this. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than thet The scribe did not ask for the second commandment, but the statement is Incomplete without it. This second commandment does not stand in the Old Testament in the commanding position of the first, but is brought in only incidentally, in Lev. 19:18, where, moreover, ''neighbour" is evidently restricted to a brother Jew. Jesus puts it in a commanding position and widens the meaning of "neighbour" to "fellow men." 33. And the scribe said unto him, Of a truth, Teacher, thou hast well said that he is one; and there is none other but he. 33. And to love Mm with all the heart and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. The scribe's answer is made of quotations from the prophets which exalt the moral over the ceremonial law (Ps. 51:16; Hos. 6:6; Mic. 6:G-S). His words seem to imply that soma of the scribes were beginning to understand not merely our Lord's teaching about the spiritual meaning of the law, but also that there was a distinct sympa- thy between the idea of Jesus and those of the greater prophets. He seems almost the first-fruits of those of the sect of the Pharisees who after- ward believed. 34. And when Jesus saw that he ans- wered discreetly, he said unto him. Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. The scribe was near the Kingdom bec.use he was deeply stirred by the answer. There is more than intellec- tual assent here. There is the stir- ring ot a man's nature to its depths. And no man after that durst ask him any question. There are whole classes and levels of questioning which disap- pear or are chased away as clouds are chased awa the moment you bring Jesus Christ upon the scene. And this because of his goodness, be- cause of his moral greatness, because of the quality of him. ter tor the hogs on pasture. ' Don't neglect dipping tne «WMJ and lambs just as soon as the shear- ing is done. Don't overlook testing the se«d| corn. Looks are sometimes deceiv-' ing. Don't give the colt too heavy a load for a few days, or until his shoulders become hardened. Don't keep a tubercular ben on the farm. Don't try to raise the pig crop in a yard where pigs were kept the past season. Don't plant any but standard var- ieties of potatoes. Don't neglect spraying the orch- ard. Don't neglect to dock the lambs. Don't fail to trim the horses' feet before they start field work. Don't try to do field work before every field machine has been over- hauled. Don't forget the garden. Early vegetables are a treat. Don't overlook testing the drill to see that it is sowing the right amount per acre. Don't fail to plant some flowers and shrubs; brighten up the farm surroundings. Go To School In Wire Cage Vice Regal recognition was given to a group of young Canadian musicians m Ottawa last week when the Governor General officiated at the presentation of awards for the best, musical compositions submitted in the contest recently conducted by the Canadian Performing Eight Society. The Governor General showed particular interest in the winner of the special juvenile prize, 11-year-old Clermont Pepin, bt. George, County Beauce, Que. The group includes: (FRONT ROW LEFT TO RIGHT) Miss Georgette Dionne, St. George, Que.; Eldon Eathburn. Saint John, N.B.; winner of the scholarship at the Toronto Conservatory of Music; Clermont Pepin, St. George, Que.; Miss Franc ean Campbell, Toronto; Godfrey Hewitt, F. R. C. 0., Ottawa; (BACK ROW LEFT TO RIGHT) Louis Applebaum, Toronto; Hector Charlesworth, Toronto; Lord Tweedsmnir; Henry T. Jamieson, president of the Canadian Performing Right Society, Toronto. Officer Warns Paralysis Increasing In Ontario Dr. J. T. Phair, Chief Medical Of- ficer for Ontario, Suggests Re- lationship of Disease to Sum- mer Flu in Report to Medical AssociatitHi â€" Number of cases Up Even in Non-Epidemic Years TORONTO.â€" A. S. Fulcher, Bank of Montreal accountant, who has been in the bank business for 25 years, says Toronto b^nks lost $25,- OOO a year in ink "filched" by per- sons entering the bank buildings and filling their fountain pens. "I figure just about every tenth person entering a bank either walks away with a penholder or fills his fountain pen," Pulcher said. Ndbel Prizeman Dies Carl von Os.siotiky, winner of the \obel Peace Prize shortly after his release from a German detention camp in 1937, passed away in a Ber- lin sanatorium. After his award. Germany forbade acceptance of Nobel prises by any German citizen. Dr. J. T. Phair, chief medical of- ficer for Ontario, warned the Ontario Medical Association at Toronto last week, ot a steady increase in infantile paralysis in the province during non- epidemic as well as epidemic years. Dr. Phair, mobilizing medical forces for an expected outbreak this summer of the disease, said "it Is not possible to predict with certainty a season of increased incidence." His suggestion of a possible rela- tionship between infantile paralysis and the seasonal complaint affecting children, called "summer flu" was a highlight of his report, one of a sym- posium presented fay five Toronto doc- tors on infantile paralysis, correctly known as poliomyelitis. Identical Groups Attacked The age group attacked by the two diseases were in the main the same; the time of onset of the diseases in terms of seasonal distribution was al- most identical; the districts of the city in which the bulk ot paralysis cases occurred were the same as tor summer flu. Many Ontario doctors believ: as a iesult of their clinical experiences of last year the convalescent serum, de- rived from a person who suffered an attack of the disease, has unquestion- ed merit as a treatment. Dr. Phair said, but added logical arguments have been advanced in rebuttal. Believe Entry Through Nose Attempts to produce an immune horse serum, while successful in ex- perimental animals, has not been es- tablished as a useful agent in humans he noted. While there is a difference 0° opinion on the y rtal of entry, most doctors favor the theory the germs in- vade tin body through the nasal mu- cosa, although some evidence would indicate the theory ot a gastro-intes- tinal inviisio-'. "It Is not possible to predict a sea- son of increased Incidence ot this dis- ease " Dr. Phair said. "The inference based on previous epidemics that out- breaks in Canada begin in the west and travel east was exploded last year when epidemics occurred in Saskatch- ewan, Ontario and the Maritimes." Certain Areas More Prone "In Ontario last summer there were 2,650 cases with 2,514 reported which gives a ratio of about 80 to 100,000 people. No satisfactory explanation of its marked seasonal character has as yet been offered. The theory ad- vanced by Dr. H. B. Anderson ot To- ronto is ot more than academic In- terest. "It is ot interest to note counties with 1937 rates tot paralysis incid- ence) were adjacent to those showing a higher than average rate tor the past I eight years. Certain areas ot the pro- I vince appear particularly prone to ! greater than average incidence, while other districts remain year after year comparatively free of the disease in any form." With flames raging in a Philadel phia piano store, it wa.s a case of. "business as usual." Five .piano.'' were sold while firemen wer? fight- ing the outbreak. Radio Can Locate Gold Below Ground Prospecting Is Done By Wireless Equipment â€" Presence of Ore Causes Buzzing The end has come for the roman- tic, adventurous days of gold-pros- pecting. It's good-bye to weather- beaten oldtimers and their horses. Science has sounded their death- knell. Nowadays, the prospector goes forth by car and finds gold by radio. A portable one-man wireless ap- paratus has been devised which ean locate gold deposits within 25 feet of the earth's surface. This ecjuip- ment is already being used by some 1,2000 institutions and individuals throughout America. Hears 25 Feet Down The prospector fits on earphones, attached to the apparatus, and walks over a spot he judges may provide an ore pocket. The presence of such a pocket is indicated by a loud buzz- ing note in the earphones, which Is also recorded on a meter. An operator of one of these "elec- tric prospectors" has unearthed $1,- 000 in gold and silver coins buried in an old jug, and in Southern Ari- zona another prospector found the site of an old, buried smelter which yielded more gold and silver bullion than a horse could carry. If the West comes through with even 75 per cent, of normal crops we will more than overcome that loss. If Saskatchewan alone gets three-quar- ters of an average crop, that alone should give somewhere around $75,- 000,000 more crop money than a year ago." Dont's For Farm, Field and Barn We all know the familiar motor van that collects and delivers the kiddies to and from school. It's a staid, reliable-looking affair. But â- way out in Lemhi, U.S.A., the schol- ars get more of a thrill. Some cross the great Salmon River in a wiro pulley cage. Others travel six miles in a genuine covered wagon. The school driver covers 552 miles each week. Don't start the cows to grass be- fore there is grass to be eaten. Don't forget to provide sun shel- Those Sticky Coats Thanks to a new chemical discov- ery, macintoshes and rubber costs need no longer suffer from that damp stickiness which often charac- terises them. They will feel like leather, instead. A coating of late.x â€" the "milk" from the rubber tree â€" is smeiired over the garment, which is then dipped into a solution of sulphur chloride and benzine. Two hours soaking in water fol- lows, and the garment is free fromi stickiness. Another Difficult Problem Solved By Handwriting Analysis By LAWRENCE HIBBERT (Psychologist and Handwriting Analyst) Expect The Best Crop Since 1933 Forecast Western Yield 70 to 80 Per Cent, of Normal So far as Canada is concerned, prospects are improving almost daily this spring for better crops and therefore for more money and more business next fall, writes Welling- ton Jeffers, financial editor of the Toronto Globe and Mail. One auth- ority, whose sources of information and whose opinion has proved inval- uable in past years, stated that in his opinion the conditions in Western Canada justify expectation of the best crops since 1933, and that he considers it would be good betting odds to say that the Western crop this year will at the minimum be 75 to SO per cent, of normal. Yet Allows For Deficiencies This opinion makes allowance for rather low crops in the very large section embraced in Central and Southwestern Saskatchewan and Southeastern Alberta, which are st'll deficient in moisture and which could not be expected to stand up under any prolonged dry period in the gr< wing season, 'iLven making their deduction, he thinks that the mini- mum expectation can be 75 per cent. of normal. "What do you mean by norma',?" ho was asked. "The general average for wheat lor the Prairies is from 350 to 3i30 million bushels of wheat. 200 mil- lion bushels of oats, 70 to 7.) mil- lion bushels of barley and 10 to 12 inillion bushels of flax and rye. "Canadians have lost in purchas- ing pcAVor an amount of $60,000,000 since last autumn, due to external depres.'iions and the consequent drop in demand for some of our products. A lady reader writes as follows: "Some time ago 1 met a man who had been very unhappily married. After innumerable squabbles his wife left him, leaving a two-year old baby with lier husband. After we had seen quite a lot ot each other we realised that we were in love .... We have been living together for over a year and the kiddie is very fond of me. No-one could be happier than we have been. The wife has consistently refused to divorce her husband, and now she is pleading with him to go back to her. This he refuses to do although he makes her an ample allowance. . . . Now, although I love him desperately. If I thought it was for his good and that of the child that they be reunited, I would not hesitate to give him up. much as it would hurt me. Do you think they could live happily togeth- er'? Or would my sacrifice simply mean that the woman would complete the ruin of his life that she started when they lived together previously?" The wife's writing shows her up as a selfish, inconsiderate and heartless woman. Her sole interest in life is herself. 1 do not believe she has any love for her husband, nor for their child. Her desire to have her husband back is inspired by selfishness as well as a "dog-iu-the-manger" reluctance to see him happy with another woman. My correspondent's writing, on the, other baud, shows clearly what a; wealth of sympathy and love she has. No wonder that the man has fallen in love with her and that the kiddle is so fond ot her. My sympaihies in this case are with the second woman. The key to the solution is money. I have little doubt that the man can use the matter of an allowance as a lever to gain perman- ent happiness. I know there are people who will say the husband's place is with his wife, no matter how ill-suited they are. I cannot subscribe to it in this case because the wife felt no qualms about deserting her husband and the kiddle. â€" oâ€" Have YOU any problems you'd like tj disclose to this writer? Have you any handwriting you want analysed? Your own, or a sweetheart's, or per- haps you wish to know more about friends or relatives'? Send specimens of the writings you want analysed, enclosing 10c, for EACH specimen. Send with stamped addressed envel- ope to: L. Hibbert, Room 421,73 West Adelaide St.. Toronto, Out. All letters are confidential. This Machine Flashes Colors By Air •Jean .A. Lombard, left, explains the mecliaiiiis of ihc i â- â- '. • oJe ma- chine to Carmel Snow, in New York, as the apparatus checks off colon radioed froa Paris. 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