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S UNDAY CHOOI fsson THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING TIME -- The winter tnd early spring of A.D. 30. "PLACE -- All the events here recorded recorded took place in Bethany except the sojourn of Christ in Ephraim (vs. 54-57) which was near th wilderness. wilderness. John 11:23. Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, 1 ' know that lie shall rise again in the res- ureetibn at the last day. Jesus said unto her, 1 am the res-' urrection, and the life; he that belie belie veth on me. though he die, yet shall he live; And whosoever liveth and believ- eth on me shall never die, Believeest thou this? "Jesus -aith unto her." It is ex- ccodingly difficult to say just the right word to those who aro heartbroken heartbroken in grief, and Jesus knew exactly what to say at the right time (Prov. 15:23). "When the Lord Jesus breàks the silence, he breaks that makes the silence deadly. deadly. "Thy brother shall rise again." Christ does not say that Lazarus wotild be raised again at once from the dead, but simply declares a fact which certainly Martha knew before Christ uttered it, as the next verse proves. Jesus spoke these simple words to draw out her own faith. "Martha saith unto him, 1 know that he shall rise again in the resurrection resurrection at thi last day." The words I know suggest disappointment; she had been told the same thing often during those four days, but the last (by was far off; had the Master no othur and fresher comfort than that? "Jesus said unto her, 1 am the resurrection, and the life :" This is the sixth great I am uttered by Christ in the record of John's Gospel, Gospel, Christ is the resurrection because because he himself experienced the great resurrection from thé dead (John 2:19; 10:27) (though this was still in the future when he was talking talking to Martha); because, by his death he hàs fully atoned for our sins, and made our resurrection possible possible (Rom. 4:25) ; it is Christ alone who, by his coming again 1 Thess. 4:13-18), will raise up from the dead all those who believe in him (John 6:39, 40, 44, 54, 1 Cor. 0:14). "He that believeth on me, though he die,, yet shall he live." "And whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die, Believest thou this? Faith in Christ who is eternal life binds our life to him, and, though believers die, in that their spirits are separated from their bodies, until until the Lord returns, they themselves never clie, i,e., they are never separated separated from the life of God, or lose their Individuality. "She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, even he that cometh into the world." Shis is one of the great confessions of the Gospels. Gospels. In believing as she did, she believed believed that everything that Christ had said about himself was true. "And when she had said this, she went away, and called Mary her sister sister secretly, saying, The Teacher is here, and edlleth thee." Jesus must have told Martha that lie wanted to see her sister, How wonderful that dhrisfc in one sentence can announce announce himself to be the very res- ureetion and life of believers of all ages, and, in the next sentence, can ««press his desire to see one individual individual friend whom he knew to be bowed in, grief. Mary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, and saw him, fell down at his feet, paying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst oeen here, my brother had not died." Whether or not the text will allow for such an interpretation, we must at least give great weight to the comment of such a profound Bible student as Dr, G. Campbell Morgan, when he compares the identical statements of these two sisters: I think that Marha meant Why did you not hurry when we sent for you? I think Mary meant, I wish it had been possible for you to be here, the same Words with a different-emphasis different-emphasis and intention. "When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled." Literally, Literally, we might read the last clause, he was vehemently affected in spirit and troubled himself. He was moved with holy indignation at sin, which caused all this dreadful desolation. "And said. Where hath ye laid him? Then say unto him, Lord, come and see." He asks this question not for his own information, but that ho might interest those to whom he was speaking in accompanying him to the tomb. I was for their benefit that Lazarus was raised. "Jesus wept.' As everyone knows, this is the shortest verse in the Bible. It describes what others saw, and intimates what Christ felt. Three times do we read of the tears of Jesus (Luke 19:41; 22:44; cf. Heb. 6:7.). A Christian does not chow himself Christ-like when he thinks it is evidence of a lack of faith should he weep because of the going of a loved one. It is humane so to do, and our Lord was human, as well as divine. "The Jews therefore said, Behold how he loved him! But some of them said, Could not this man, who opened opened the eyes of him that was blind, have caused that this man also should not die, It is difficult to determine determine whether the remarks of the Jews here are the expression of a real question in their minds, or; in an indirect way, a severe criticism and rejection of the Lord Jesus, Their reference is to the miracle of the healing of the blind man which is recorded in the ninth chapter of John. It is significant that they do not speak of the other two miracles of the raising of the widow's son (Luke 7:11-15) and of he daughter of Jairus (Matt 9:18-26, etc,). "Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against iti" The stone which blocked up the entrance, kept aloof the beasts of prey. It was naturally of a size and weight not easily to bo moved away (Mark 16:3). Jesiig saith,. Take ye away the stone." (Cf. 20:1.) Jesus'could have miraeuloUsy removed the stone, but what men were able to do so, he expected expected and commanded them to do so, "Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time th body decayeth; for he hath been dead four days." It is significant significant in-the light of this passage to remember that Christ was not in the grave four days, but three days, and the promise was that his body should not see corruption (Psalm 16: 10; Acts 2:27,31; 34, 35). unto thee, that, if thou believedst, "Jesus saith unto her, Said I not thou shouldst see the glory of God ?" The reference here is the statement recalled in verses 25 and 76. All Alleged Kidnappers Arraigned After Capture by Federal Agents mum mmm mm Percy Geary (left, rear), John Oley (next to him) and Harold Crowley (right, holding hat) pictured as they were arraigned in Brooklyn Federal Court on charge of aiding in the kidnapping of John J, O'Connell, Jr., of Albany, N.Y., following their arest by F. B. I. agents. owm By VIRGINIA DALE Envoy's Daughter Weds American in Rome ftWi: Ml v Influenced to a great extent by thousands of letters from fans, Norma Norma Shearer has definitely decided to make more pictures. From Nov York, where she went to visit Helen Hayes, she telephoned the studio that she would come back soon ready to begin preparatory work on "Marie Antoinette." She chose this story in preference to any other because she had discussed every detail of its production with her husband before his death. Actual date of production production depend;! on Charles Laughton, because she is determined to have him in the cast and he is under contract to make several pictures in England. It is <1 to know that we will be seein: -ma on the screen again. The most encouraging and sympathetic sympathetic audience any girl ever had ' '■'"<* '-">■ a film test was Alice Marble's when she tried out recently. € a r o 1 e Lombard was right there on the sidelines making making suggestions and cheering. Some people might think that Alice Marble won enough glory in tennis tournaments tournaments for one young girl, but Carole thinks it wouid be nice for her to get in the big earnings that come with glory- in pictures. * • - * Radio favorites are moving en masse to Hollywood. Harriet Hilliard Hilliard is back at R.K.O. Milton Berle will be there soon, and very costly it will be for him too because he will have to pay all the expenses of bringing his radio troupe west, And soon Fred Allen will move his broadcasting broadcasting activities to Hollywood, so that he can make another picture for twentieth Century-Fox. He will be in "Sally, Irene and Mary," a new version of an old lueture whi -h launched Constance Bennett and Joan Crawford on the screen careers. s S * ►5 I 5 jjpBg K w (w . "Üflïâfeîk El The Book Shelf BY MAIR M MORGAN V V V V V V V V î* V ship and strange adventure, form an Unforgettable picture. And when Carole Lombard Shining Scabbard by R. C. Hutchinson Hutchinson (Oxford University Press, Ltd., Toronto) offers the reader a wealth of good reading. Those who enjoy the narrative style of Joseph Conrad and B. M. Tomlinson Tomlinson will be - delighted" 'with this poignant study of human x attire pursued by an implacable dX ny. Here is superb characterize^ u combined with stirring adventure. Colonel Severin, definitely of the ancien regime, fanatically determined determined to clean the stain from his military honor dominates the household household at -Baulon, where dwell Ms wife, sister and mother. Then Renee, Renee, his son Pierre's colonial wife, comes with her two children to live with them. Colonel Severin, in an ' endeavour to impres his grandson with the so-called militaristic code of courage, terrifies the sensitive lad. Renee endeavours to shield Armand from her father-in-law's tirades by keeping close to the two rooms allotted to them. The dust and decay and mould of this old house containing so many complex characters makes fascinating .reading. .reading. Combined with this, Pierre's desertion desertion of the army and his flight to France involving much In rd- the war of 1914 explodes, the effect it has on ail the Severins, the quiet town of Baulon, brings the book to a convincing end. You feel the surge of inevitability throughout. R. C. Hutchinson is a craftsman of words and atmosphere. *S,Lovo I Dare Not by Aliéné Corliss Corliss (Oxford. University Press, Ltd., Toronto), to an entertaining story of Uteri vy- and theatrical New York. You are charmed with Alec, the (Hsuo-us playwright, who has intended 40 marry Gina, the artist artist for years. TX'm Caroline, beautiful beautiful redhead from Maine, with stage ambitions arrives and Alec falls wildly in love with tier, Caroline meets Alec's nephew. Tommy and it is a case of love at first eight. - Tommy, who has long admired Alec, feels he has no right to wreck, Alec's happiness and decides decides to fade as gracefully as he can, from the picture. How these four charming people untangle their involved hearts is told in a natural, gay manner. A good book to pick up for lighter moments. Crowns Dethroned in New Hats Miss Margaret Drummond, shown with her father, Sir Eric teiiromond, British- Ambassador to Italy, became the bride of Jokp Walker 3rd, of Pittsburgh, Pa., in ceremony in St. Andrew's Church I» Rome, Italy. that Christ ever did or said on earth glorified his Father (John 17:1), "So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up Iris eyes, and said, Father, Ï thank thee that thou heardest me. And I knew that thou heardest me'always: but because of the multitude that standeth around I said it, and they may believe that thou didst send me." The raising of Lazarus from the grave, forming as it did the crisis of Ms activity and the crowning point of it, could not but be the subject, of prayer to Ms Ft!her, more urgent prayer than even was Christ's wont/ not so much that power to perform it should be a This ribbon-strapped, open crown beret of straw tipped off the women on what to expect in spring and summer millinery when it was presented at San Francisco, Cal., style show for western buyers. else used in Christ. It is elsewhere used of the shout of a multitude (12 :13, 18:40; 19:6, 15). This loud cry was perhaps the result of strong emotion or in order that the whole multitude might hear. "With a loud voice." Bishop Westeott remarks: "The contract has in the muttered indications of sorcerers." "Lazarus, come forth." Christ speaks to. the dead man, implying that he exists, though dead; that it is with him directly directly he deals, that he is not beyond the range of hearing the Son of God, not beyond the range of his .domin ion who has the keys of Hades and granted, but that in and with the | of death (Rev, 1:18)s'The authority performance of it, the glory of the Father through the 8011 might be made conspicuous. "And when he had thus spoken, he cried." The Greek word is nowhere B--8 of Christ, therefore, over the unseen world is hereby proclaimed. The great antagonist of life,; death, and he that has power over death, are (Heb. 2:14) subject to Mm. "He that was dead came forth, bound hand and. foot with grave- clothes." The Greek word here translated grave clothes appears nowhere nowhere else in the New Testament. It means the bandages which kept the sheet and spices around the body, with a napkin." The cloth was bound under the chin to keep the lower jaw from falling. "Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go." The miracle is accomplished, and yet how few the details concerning concerning the very moment in which everyone would be most interested. Not a single word is recorded of how Lazarus looked when he came forth, or of what he said, or of his experiences experiences during the days, of living in another another world, or of; the feelings of Martha and îferÿ tvher. he was restored: restored: to their home. This is the end of John's account of the miracle itself. All the rest of the chapter iff occupied with the eff ect of this miracle upon the Jews.