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T s Sunday School Lesson m, LESSON III CHRISTIAN SPEECH' AND CONDUCT--James, Chapter 3 Golden Text.--Let no corrupt speech proceed -ont of your mouth. Ephesians Ephesians 4:29. the lesson in its setting. Time.--The date of the epistle of James is greatly disputed. The author author died in 63 A.D. Some place the epistle the year before this, while others date it as early as 50 A.D. The exact date cannot be determined. determined. Place.--Probably James wrote the epistle in the city of Jerusalem. The author of this epistle was the brother of the Lord Jesus, and is referred referred to directly only twice in the Gospels (Matt. 12:46; 13:55; Mark 6:3. Cf. John 2:12; 7:3,5). He was, of course, a Jew, brought up in the strict teachings of the Jewish synagogue, devoted to the law of Moses, zealous in living a righeous and godly life. His was probably the first epistle written in the early ehurcli. It is against this general desire to be prominent as instructors that St. James is here warning his readers. In teaching others, they were in danger danger of forgetting to teach- themselves; themselves; to possess faith and to do nothing but talk. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also. 3. Now if we put the horses' bridles into their months, that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also. James here begins the subject which occupies almost the entire chapter, namely, that of the control of the tongue. What James here means is that, if a man has his tongue under control, i.e., his speech, he will be thereby keeping under control -all the organs of his body which will lead him into sin if not mastered. A Tongue Controlled 4. Behold, the ships also, though they are- so great and are driven by rough winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither the impulse impulse of the steersman willeth. 5. So the tongue also is a little member, and boasted ii great things. " As a horse uncontrolled is worthless as far as man is concerned, so a ship when; driven by rough winds is certain certain to founder on the rocks or the beach and he smashed to pieces. "Speech can guide into right ways, escape dangers, battle successfully ■with storms, and conduct into restful harbors, but it can also wreck and shatter lives and drown in bottomless floods. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire! 6. And the tongue is a fire. The tongue can inflame another with the passion of anger, or pie poison of suspicion. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defil- eth the whole body. "You sully your lips and degrade your whole nature when you suffer yourself to speak the tainted and tainting word. Passions Passions kindled by unscrupulous language language spread through various channels channels and courses until the whole cycle of human life is in flames. And is set on fire by hell. "The fire of man's wrath is kindled irom beneath as the fire that cleanseth is kindled from above. 7. For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been famed by mankind. 8. But the tongue can no man tame ; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison. poison. Augustine well remarks: "James does not say that no one can tame the tongue, but no one of men; so that, when it; is tamed, we confess that this is brought about by the pity, the help, the grace of God." The aposle now calls the attention of his readers to the great but mysterious mysterious truth with which we are all acquainted--that with the tongue great good and great evil both may be effected. 9. Therewith bless we the Lord and Father ; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God. 10. Out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. "How great are the possibilities of a tongue which is under divine, control, control, cleansed and anointed! What sorrows it can comfort, what wounds it can heal, what strife it can still ! It is also God's mightiest instrument for the pulling down of, the strongholds strongholds Of sill, and the upbuilding of his kingdom. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. It was abnormal that a man should bless God in his prayers prayers or creed and yet so despise or speak evil of members of his own family, inasmuch as he and his fel- Â Ten Year Goal Reached low-men were the offspring of a common common Father, 11. Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter? 12. Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs : Neither can salt water yield sweet. For similar figures of speech used by our Lord, see Matt. 7:16-18; 12: 33-36. Two Kinds of Wisdom Who is wise and understanding among you ? In a most natural way, James proceeds from his specific discussion discussion of speech to the larger question question of wisdom. The understanding of things human and divine and their causes. It is the. word used to describe describe the. wisdom of Christ himself (Matt. 13:54). James refers to the need for wisdom at the very beginning beginning of his epistle (1:5, 6), and now returns to the subject once again. Let him show by, his good life his works in meekness of wisdom. Meekness Meekness in the New Testament "included j submissiveness ,to God as well as gentleness towards man. 14. But If ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not; and lie not against the truth. The word here translated faction might be more accurately translated "rivalry," "rivalry," expressing the strife existing among different individuals or groups of individuals. There is nothing more tragic in the world than to see Chris- tion teachers, and officers in the Christian church striving among themselves for superior places of honor, and angry if someone else gets more praise than they get. To glory with their tongues of superior wisdom, while they cherished jealousy jealousy and faction in their hearts, was a manifest lie. a contradiction of what they must know to be the truth. James now turns from his discussion discussion of wisdom in general to a characterization characterization and development of the two kinds of wisdom which men may have, one bearing evil fruit, and the other bearing fruits of righteousness. 15. This wisdom. That is, any such wisdom that allows- jealousy and faction faction in one's heart. Is not a wisdom that cometh down from above, but is earthly. That is, it does not have a divine origin, but derives - com the natural plane on which unregenerated unregenerated men live. "It belongs to the lower impulses, not the higher, in man's nature. Devilish. The original original word here really refers not so much to the devil himself, as to demons, demons, and as partaking of the nature of demons or unclean spirits who are represented as possessing the souls of men, and reducing them to the level of madness. 16. For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed. In I Cor. 14:33, God is said to be the author, not of confusion, but of peace. The word here translated translated vile means good for nothing. Site Lost Her Grip Mrs, Lydia Harris has her own ideas of saving her hosts ' a anoyances. anoyances. Finding herself locked out of a third floor apartment, she went to the fifth and tried to lower herself herself by a rope to a third floor ledge. The rope parted, She is in hospital. i.h::. / - "• • •••.: :••••/ NxoNvfivN-: ^IP- Foremost among the coveted honours won by Bell Telephone first aiders was the Dominion-wide Championships for women and men--a goal which Bell first aid teams have been striving to attain for ten years. In the picture two Bell Telephone first aid graduates are giving an exhibition of how head, arm, and leg injuries should be cared for. In the background are the trophies won by the different Bell Telephone teams. Left to right: the Ontario Provincial Shield and the Montizambert Cup emplematic of the Canadian Championship won by Team No. 1, Toronto. Toronto. The Sir George Burn Trophy, All Canada Ladies' First Aid Championship, won by the Accounting Ladies' Team, Toronto. The Wallace Nesbitt General trophy and the Quebec Provincial Shield won by Team No. 1, Montreal. Approximately ninety-five out of every hundred Bell Telephone male plant workers are now qualified to render First Aid. Movie JBj 1 * so By VIRGINIA DALE If you thought Deanna Durbin a remarkable talented youngster last year when you saw her in "Three Smart Girls," you will think she is dred Men and à Girl." Her voice, always always good, has developed developed so amazingly that she ranks with the best of screen prima donnas. Even more startling is the development of this quiet fourteen- year-old as an actress. actress. She plays nothing short of a baby genius when you see "One Hun- comedy, farce or tragedy with the deft assurance of a veteran. Sup ported by Stokowski, that most brilliant brilliant of conductors, no nervous qualms weaken her voice, and in scenes with Alice .Brady, Adolph Men- Jou, and Mischa Auer, those persistent persistent scene stealers, she more than holds her own. RKO has already finished the screen version of "Stage.Door" with Katherine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers Rogers in the leads. The dialogue, everyone everyone says, simply sparkles, and although although Hepburn and Rogers are at thejr very best in it, Andrea Leeds and Lucille Ball, who play small roles, draw a big share of the enthusiastic comment. who can handle Alan Ha'e roles. He has just signed to play Little John in the new version of "Robin Hood" with Errol Flynn. It is the same role he played 15 years ago when Douglas Douglas Fairbanks made the picture. < Deanna Durbin B--3 Very few actors enjoy success in Hollywood for more than five years, but producers never find a newcomer It looks as if all Hollywood will be trying to congregate on the Bing Crosby set soon, for Bee Lillie, the elegant Lady Peel no less, is going to play opposite him. If you missed Bee on a recent Vallee hour, you should shed one tear at least. She gave the sketch that she has done innumerable times -- "Two dozen double damask dinner i.apkins. please," and it was even funnier than before. Maybe Eddie Cantor is awfully smart to switch Ms radio program ' night competition is going to be even more fierce than usual usual this winter. There will be Jack Benny, of course, Phil Baker, arid Joe Fenner, but in addition addition there will be two big screen, favorites favorites with new programe -- Rosalind Rosalind Russell and Ty- from Sunday nights to Wednesday, . because because the Sunday rone Power. Robert Taylor had bet tor hurry back from England if he. doesn't want Tyrone to displace him as Matinee Idol Number One of the younger set. Humphrey Bogart is getting to be so popular on the screen that producers producers are toying with the idea of making a hero of him, but' every time they bring up the subject, Humphrey Humphrey takes to his heels and runs away. He played a smirking hero once, back in 1930, and neither audiences audiences nor directors wanted to see him again. It wasn't until he played the murderous Duke Mantee in "Petrified "Petrified Forest" that they forgave him. Since then he has specialized in the deepest-dyed villainy in "Black Legion" Legion" and "Bullets or Ballots." In "Dead End" he is so magnificentlf villainous that hero or heroine, Joel McCrea and Sylvia Sidney, have a hard time distracting attention from him. ODDS AND ENDS -- Constance Bennett is going to make anothet goofy comedy like "Topper" as sooi( as she and Countess di Frasso launcl their cosmetic company . , . Erin 0'< Brien Moore, who plays "Nana" if "The Life of Emile Zola," is beinf boomed by thousands of admirer} for the much-disputed role of Scarlet! in "Gone With the Wind." Studies Missing Links Eddie Cantor £ y'%* ■ -x\ Dr. Harold Anthony, American Museum of Natural History scientist, scientist, will study the species h< brought back from Shiva Temple' in the Grand Canyon, Arizona., foi traces of missing steps in th( theory of evolution. He has ove seventy-five specimens. I