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ummm j» 1 Sunday School Lesson LESSON VII. GOD GIVES LAW TO A NATION (Exodus 19: 1--20; 21. Printed Text--Exodus 20: 1---17, Golden Text--Thou Shalt love the Lord with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. . . Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.--Matt. thyself.--Matt. 22:. 37, 39. The Lesson in its Setting Place--Mount Sinai. Time--B.C. 1498. "And God spake all these words, saying, I am Jehovah thy God, who brought théo out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage." --Two fundamental reasons for Israel's Israel's obedience to the law about to be given arc hero announced; the one who gives the law is none other than Jehovah and God, Jehovah meaning "the one who is," i.e., the eternal one; this redeemed the Israelites out of the house of bondage, and consequently consequently had a claim upon them for their gratitude and obedience. • "Thou shalt have no other gods before before me."-- This commandment is a direct prohibition of every form of worship which does not have for its object the Jehovah of the Old Testament, Testament, who is the Father of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and strikes at the very root of all polytheism, and of every ancient and modern religion religion and cult which exhalts to a place of worship either a mythological mythological god or goddess, or an actual human being. There cannot be two gods. "Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness -of any thing that is in Heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is 'in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; -for I Jehovah, thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that; hate me. "And showing - lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments."-- As the First Commandment forbade any other being to be worshipped as God, the Second Commandment forbids the making of any images of God or ■ of other creatures to worship and serve. "Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain ; for Jehovah will .not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain."--The word "vain" means "empty", "without reality," and, by taking the name of God in vain, not only is all profanity which uses his name here condemned, but all acts • and words of men who pretend pretend to be solemnly worshipping God, while their hearts are far from him. "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, • Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work. But, the seventh day is a Sabbath unto Jehovah Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates. "For in six days Jehovah made Heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested' the seventh seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it," -- The word "Sabbath" means, literally, cessation, and, consequently, rest. While thé word itself does not appear appear in the Bible until Ex. 16: 23--29, the idea of the Sabbath is revealed in the story of creation (see Gen. 2: 1--3), For other important references, references, see Ex. 31: 13--16; Lev. 19: 3, 30; Deut. 5: 12--,16; Isa, 58: 13; Jer. 17: 21--27. "Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee." "The meaning of the word "honor" is--"to attach weight to; to put in the place of superiority; to hold in high opinion; to reverence, in the best sense of that word." "To the child who is not yet of age to think, to plan, to will, honoring of parents consists in subjection, obedience implicitly implicitly and gladly rendered. This, like every law of God, is for the child a gracious and yet imperative requirement, requirement, "Thou shalt not kill."-- This and the next three commandments have to do with life, purity, property, and reputation. The command not to take another life naturally stands at the beginning of a series of laws dealing dealing with human relationships. "Thou shalt not commit adultery." --Strictly speaking, adultery is violation violation of the marriage vow on the part of either husband or wife, while the accurate term for sexual relationships relationships outside of the marriage state is fornication. Both of them and all sins of every form involved in these certainly come within the scope of the Seventh Commandment. Impurity is probhbly the most terrible terrible curse in our modern Western civilization, and it is getting darker, and deeper, and more prevalent. Our vicious movies have a great deal to do with the careless, indifferent, almost almost smart attitude which our present present generation is taking toward sexual sexual sins. No, .man can treasure evil thoughts and let them remain in his heart. They are like the plant which starts in the recesses of your porch, which presently beings to creep out into the light. No man can think foul thoughts, no man can meditate on things that are unworthy without paying the price for it in his manhood. manhood. Keep pure associations. There are evil-minded friends who love to spew out upon their suggestions. Against them we can only erect the barrier of aggressive purity, "Thou shalt not steal." -- Underhand Underhand dealing was the besetting sin of the Hebrew. It is exemplified in the early days in the character of the national ancestor, Jacob. It is the constant cry in the social, teachings of the prophets -- Ho sea, Amos, Isaiah, and Micah, "Thou shalt not bear false, witness against thy neighbor."--To bear false witness is . to make a public statement, before one or more persons concerning concerning another in such a way as to deliberately deliberately utter a falsehood about that person or persons. "Thou shaft r,ot covet thy neighbor's neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor- , anything that is thy neighbor's."--The improper desire is the root of all evil. It can seldom be reached by human legislation. But it is open to the Searcher of hearts. The intent is that which, in the last resort, resort, determines the moral character of the act. This last 'word,' is, therefore, therefore, the interpreting clause of the whole Decalogue (Rom. 7:7). Covei- ousness here includes envy, malice, and every other selfish or disinterestedness, disinterestedness, but of all forms of unselfish benevolence. This commandment is, therefore, virtually the law of love, and in this positive sense gives that loftier aspect to the Decalogue, the traces of which have been already noticed. Educated Sneezes From Dr. Beno Paul, pioneer European European allergist, comes, the news that "only cultured people, in general, have hay fever and other allergic diseases." Such maladies, he says, seem to be transmitted in certain social groups ; city people, for instance, instance, apparently being more susceptible susceptible than country folk- What benefits humanity will derive derive from these, data are not immediately immediately discernable. There is a hazy suggestion of some circuitous' connection connection between people who study, and the "genus bookworm," Probably Dr. Paul has some real foundation for his belief, but until it is clarified, its only good may be to stimulate the.. urge to carry a thing to its logical conclusion. In line with that then, we might hope £(|r the emergence at last of that long-sought and too often burles qued phenomenon -- the educated sneeze.---Kitchener Record. Deepest Oil Well The deepest oil well in the world, and the only one that goes lower than 12,000 feet; is McElroy No. 103, in Crane County, Texas. It is 12,786 feet deep, and cost juss over $500,000 to bore. The temperature increased one degree for every fifty feet bored, and at 10,000 feet the bit revolved away at 200 revolutions a minute at a temperature of boiling boiling water ! According to Professor L,. C. Uren, oil at that depth exists not in liquid form but as vapour. The tubes that are sunk into the earth when weTs are bored must be of the finest sfe:T end those used at a depth of more than t"o miles must possess a tensile .strength of more than 95,000 „„„ j tf-FTxVl SHELL WRECKS CHINESE GOVERNMENT HOÜ.SE By VIRGINIA DALE Jfg Everything goes in cycles in motion motion pictures, and just now the Russian Russian cycle threatens to monopolize the screen. No less than three of the most fascinating screen sirens are currently holding forth in the midst of Russian magnificence. There is Marlene Dietrich with Robert Donat, in "Without Armor" for instance, Miss Dietrich and Robert Robert Donat make a thrilling romantic pair. Another of the Russian cycle is "The Emperor's Candlesticks" in which Luise Rainer and William Powell appear as rival spies of Russia Russia and Poland. Last, but by no means least, particularly for music .lovers, is "Two Who Dared" with Anna Sten, who has been too long absent from our screens, are his best friends * * * At last George, Raft is out of seclusion and he is' so relieved. For " * months he has had * «*■"■ to go without a haircut for his role in "Souls at Sea" and to his eternal discomfit ure his shoulder - length hair was daily waved waved with a curling iron. He didn't dare face the mugs who who are his friends looking like that. The day the picture was finished finished he celebrated with a very tight haircut and smeared oil the vaseline vaseline lavishly. Ever since a court forced Mae West to break down and admit that she really was married 26 years ago to one Frank Wallace, she has been in seclusion. Couldn't stand having people stare at her intently looking for wrinkles, while they counted on their fingers--eighteen and twenty- six make forty-four. * * * In those odd moments when they are not discussing. Mae West's age, Hollywoodians are raving over the beautiful newcomer, Zorina, who is under contract to Sam Goldwyn. She is an enchanting young woman about 19 years old. Born in Norway, not far from the Arctic Circle, she went to school in Berlin, joined the Monte Carlo Ballet Eusse company when she was visiting in Mexico City and because of her two years' association with his troupe now has a slight Russian 1 accent. * * * Rudy Vallee spends many of his evenings nowadays at a night club in New York where his friend, Jackie Osterman is making a comeback comeback after a long stretch of hard luck. Vallee is a great story teller, and one of his favorites concerns Jack Benny. Vallee whole-heartedly admires the drastic way in which Jack Benny treated a hostile vaudeville vaudeville audience years ago. Benny came out on one side of the stage merrily saying "Hello folks," only to face a bunch of tough-looking ruf- fiians who glowered at him. Continuing Continuing right on across the stage, he exited from the stage, Saying "Good- by folks," and walked right on out of the theatre never to return. * * * Martha Raye made the hit of her life and smashed all box-office records making personal appearances at the .Paramount Theatre in New York recently. The audience simply could not get enough of her. They surged down to the footlights when her act was over, shot questions at her, begged her to sing one more song," and then just stood and yelled when, her voice threatened to give out. * * * Frankie Masters, NBC star and band maestro pays "it pays to work your way through college," Frankie started out to earn his way through the Commerce school at the University of Indiana by strumming strumming his banjo in the band. Soon the band became more profitable than commerce commerce and he had engagements at hotels .and, leading night clubs -in B--3 HPilH sips -pt ^ ... A gaping hole in a district government house in Peiping where a Japanese shell entered and exploded at the start of the fighting which led to the present state of war between China and Japan. Chicago and other big cities. Frankie is starred with Eddie Guest on the "It Can Be Done" program. * * * ODDS and ENDS--There is a fan in Grand Rapids, Mich., who writes Gene Autry a 16-page letter of criticism and comment every time a ney picture of his is shown. He not only reads every line appreciatively, he tries to correct all those faults in his next picture. . . Everyone is marveling at Connie Bennett's good sportsmanship in letting Roland Young get most of the laughs in hel first comedy, "Topper" .... A meteor that is white hot on th« outside may be 400 degrees below zero inside. A severe first-rate earthquake occurs about every 18 days, usually under the ocean. A trapdoor spider has been known to lie at its door three months, waiting waiting for a victim. QUEEN'S NIECES ACT AS BRIDESMAIDS §«§r « -A . >-■ l i i iflili K: & V. I; & ' .. . 4\', The Queen's twin ncices, Mary and Patricia Bowes-Lyon, daughters of the Hon. Michael and Mrs. Bowes-Lyon, were bridesmaids at the wedding of Mr. Vernon H'arington and Miss Mary Egerton at Holy Trinity Church, Crompton, London. Note the strong resemblance between Mary Bowes-Lyon (left) and. her cousin Princess Elizabeth TIENTSIN, WHERE FIGHTING IS THE FIERCEST ^ Ù;.A UUWUWw-- * , . ' i A street scene in Tientsin, the base of Japan's operations in Northern Northern China, which was bombed by Japanese planes and set afire after Chines# surprise attack developed into street fighting.