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LESSON yi. Christian Character and Peace-- Colossians 3:1-17 Golden Test--And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the Which also ye were called in one body, ■--Colossians. 3 :,15. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING- •Fime--About A.D. 62. Place--the epistle was written from Rome to the city of Colosse, which was located about one hundred lies east of Ephesus, in 1 Asia Minor, The tragedy of the human race without Christ is that upward aspirations aspirations have no definiteness and are never fulfilled. Man continues to long for higher things, and, at the same time, is conscious that the powers powers which drag him down are greater than the power of any longings to live on a higher plane. What man longs for, the Lord Jesus Christ came to give, to make it definite, and sure. Things That Are Above 1. If then ye were raised together with Christ. That Christ was, in his own body, raised from the dead, is a fundamental truth in the Christian faith. How, we may ask, were we ever raised with him? Actually, we were raised together with him in the hour in which we believed in him. Seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. We are "to search them out as they are revealed to us in the Holy Scriptures and to be looking for and accepting them in our experience experience and possession." "Seek, above all, assured communion with God, real, work for God, frequent rest in the felt presence of God, through and lyond all these, the final reward of _ me soul in God, but seek also that which is highest, purest, truest, noblest, noblest, even in the sphere of nature. 2. Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. "Jesus Christ is the summing up of 'the things that are above' ; therefore if a man wants to love Jesus Christ, he must think about >him. Seeking the things that are above will come, and will only come when mind, and heart, and in- sard life are occupied with him. Each man's higher life begins in a death. As Christ rose from the dead, ?.o'also do his members rise from the death of sin to a life on the highest plane, a life in heavenly places," Because Because our life is hid, it is incapable of being touched or hurt by any evil •>v/er. 4. When Christ, who is our Ife, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. "Our Christ-life is not always to be hidden, but is to come forth in full and glorious manifestation. 5. Put to deatii therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uneleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; 6. For which things' sake cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience: 7. Wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things. The verb here translated translated "put to death" means, literally, "to reduce to a state of death," or "like death"; a state helpless, inoperative. inoperative. "The Christian, in the power power of his hidden life in Christ, is thus to deal with his sins. The believer, reminded of his resources and of the will of God, is now, with full purpose, to 'give to death' all his sins, 8. But now do ye also put them all away. How difficult it is to put off something which has become a habit! When we have learned a wrong way of doing a thing, it is a fearfully heavy business to unlearn it. Anger, wrath, malice, railing, "The first word refers to the outburst, or the vice of indignation bordering on revenge revenge ; the second word refers to the violent emotion that boils within. The third refers to calumnious denunciation, denunciation, to which anger so often prompts." Shameful speaking out of your mouth. This phrase often denotes denotes generally foul or abusive language, language, and as it is so closely connected connected with the passion of anger such may be its meaning here. The New Man 9. Lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings. 10. And have put on the new man. The old man is simply the state of an unregenerated man, a sinner guilty under the sentence sentence of God's law. The new man is the same person with a new life in him which is contrary toi the old life, i.e., the old man lives subject to the dominion of sin, but the new man lives under the sovereignty of God. Regeneration is an act of God through his Holy Spirit, and is something that no man can accomplish. That is being being renewed. We are in the place where we can be renewed when we keep in communion with God. Unto knowledge. "A knowledge not alone of the intellect, but of the heart; a knowledge which includes faith and experience as well. Every item of true knowledge gained is growth and the conquest of evil." After the image image of him that created him. "As in the first creation man was made in the image of God, so in the new creation. creation. 11. Where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all. There are no distinctions among 1 Christians as far as their standing is concerned, or God's ultimate purpose for them, either national, ceremonial, intellectual, or social. 12. Put on therefore, as God's elect. The elect of God are those whom God has appointed to receive eternal life. Joseph Parker .once said that a man could know if he k ★ The Stars And You By A. R. WEIR What the STARS foretell for those bom on November S, 6. 7, 8, 9. 10 and 11 GENERAL-- If the date of your birth is listed above you were horn under the sign of Scorpio which is energy. You are strong willed, determined, determined, have initiative and the will to do something with it. You may face difficulties from time to time hut you have the will to overcome them and to make them seem trivial. People like you and there is much happiness for you. NOW FIND YOUR OWN BIRTH DATE-- Nov. S -- Tuesday is your lucky day. Nine is your lucky number. A great change in your business affairs will have a big influence over your life this year. There Will be new work and new interests. Nov. 6 -- Wear dark red, it is your lucky color. You are facing a good year, one of your Iticky years. Take advantage of : all opportunities, opportunities, go ahead, put your shoulder to the helm. . Nov. 7 -- The Topaz is your lucky stone. Love affairs are not likely to run smooth for you but there is great happiness through children. Be a fighter and prepared to take risks. Nov. 8 •-- Scorpio is dominant in you -- take hold of your courage courage and the gifts that are yours through your fortunate birthdate. Your great courage and ability to fight will bring you success in life if properly used. Nov. 9 » -- Guard against being too critical and outspoken, and you will make many friends who will help you. TJse your attractive personality to win friends then let them help ybu. There Is real progress and happiness in store. • Nov. 10 -- This will be a brilliant year for social and love matters and much happiness is shown. There is a holiday for youi hy dr near water, Nov. il -- December will he a prosperous month for you. You will have a busy time as the result of some new enterprise you Mil be interested in. For Your Complete, Personal Horoscope, send 10< to A. R, Weir, 73 Adelaide St, W., Toronto, your name, address and birth date plainly. referred)' Please print All i*i the Name of Manly Beauty mm ■ 1*8 . P ijjjjajj Catherine Staracki, cosmetician giving a demonstration in Chicago, 111., shows to what lengths a man must go in the interest of manly beauty. She is dyeing the brows and lashes of the subject a darker color. After all this effort, and don't let the jaunty angle of the pipe fool you, the treatment must be repeated in three months. were elected of God if he was certain he had elected the Lord Jesus Christ as his Saviour. Holy and beloved, a heart of compassion. A compassionate compassionate person is one who suffers with those who are in need. For two beautiful beautiful pictures of true compassion, see Luke 10:33, and Luke 15:20. Kindness. "The character which offers offers sympathy and invites confidence." confidence." Lowliness. The attitude of a soul which has lost its pride in the discovery of mercy of its salvation." Meekness. An attitude of submis- siveness toward God. Longsuffering. 13. Forbearing one another, and forgiving forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any. Forgiving and forebearing "explain the operation operation of meekness and longsuffering, forbearing to be impatient and to avenge one's, self, and, on the contrary, contrary, to be forgiving." Even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye. "A heart touched and softened by pardon will be a heart apt to pardon." A Life of Love 14. And above all these things, put on love, which is the bond of perfectness. perfectness. The apostle says that, above everything else in importance and power, the new man must manifest a life of love. "Love is the product of the other graces, the fruit of their ripe development. Love itself is, at the same time, the highest element of this perfection and forms the nearest resemblance to him of whom it is said, 'God is love.' No grace is complete complete without love." 15. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful. The peace which Christ makes for us with Go'd. The peace, in other words, that fills us with serenity serenity and tranquility in all our relations relations with men. We are to let this peace rule in our hearts. 16. Let the word of Christ.' The word of Christ is, that great message message which Christ himself made possible possible by his life, death, and resurrection, resurrection, i.e., the gospel, the good news, the message from God through his Son, who is the word of God. Dwell in you richly. The word of _ Sometimes a bad break in Hollywood Hollywood leads to a good one, which is just another way of saying that motion motion picture producers are slow to make up their minds. Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer is going to star Willie Howard, Howard, the veteran comic of the stage, in a big musical extravaganza, because because he was so funny in a skit in "Broadway Melody of 1938." You never saw the skit, no matter how carefully you watched the picture, picture, because it was cut out. When they first saw it, the officials of the Christ is to inhabit us, finding in us its very home. In all wisdom teaching teaching and admonishing one , another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God. 'Psalms' seems to refer specifically to the songs of David; David; 'hymns' to songs of praise composed composed by Christians; 'odes' to forms of song with no limitation except that they shall be spiritual. It was to be a daily, life-long service of song, but always as teaching and admonishing. admonishing. 17. And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus. "The name of a man is that which distinguishes, identifies, sums him up, and the name of Christ is all that Christ is as man, as God, and as the God-man, Giving thanks to God the Father through him. All the blessings which we have come from God through the Lord Jesus Christ, and all of our thanks should be given through the Lord Jesus Christ. studio didn't think it was so funny, and having to take something out to shorten the picture, they* sacrificed what Howard was sure was the most hilarious skit of his career. Taking another look at the discarded film, officials officials have decided that it was very funny--so funny that they won't waste Howard's talents in the future. * * * With the season of big motion pictures pictures onlv a few weeks old, four of the SO or so pictures have made outstanding outstanding hits. These arét "Prisoner of Zenda," with Ronald Colman and Madeline Carroll, "100 Men and a Girl" with Deanna Durbin, "Thin Ice," with Sonja Sonja Heme, and Grand National's "Some- . thing to Sing About" 1 Deanna .. w ith James Cagney. Durbin -phis last is a grand bit of nonsense in which the pugnacious pugnacious Jimmy sings, dances, and fights his way through a delightful story, aided and abetted by Mona Barrie. * * * Victor McLaglen roared into New York recently on his way to London to make a picture, and when Victor roars, anyone would think the whole, boisterous, good-humored American Legion was back in town. His high spirits are infectious and his magnetism magnetism so overpowering that when he introduced his friend, Brian Don- levy, as the greatest actor in the world, everyone agreed--for the moment. moment. Paramount goes right on announcing announcing one picture after another for Frances Farmer, but Miss Farmer says that she is coming to New York to do a stage play called "The Manly Art" written by Louise Rainer's husband. ■ * * * Out at the Universal studios where Henry McRae turns out thrilling thrilling serials faster than you can say: "To be continued next week," they don't have much time to humor temperamental temperamental actors, but recently they had to give in r/nd waste an hour or so while an actor had : a tantrum. The actor was a lion. McRae thought he would save the lion from the exhausting exhausting period of posing while hot lights were adjusted, and brought in a stuffed lion as double. Jealous of this interloper, the lion broke loose from his cage, rushed on the set and tore the stuffed animal to bits. Theatre owners all over the country are begging Republic and Grand National officials to speed up production on Westerns starring Gene Autry and Tex Ritter, so that the warbling cowboys will have time to make personal appearance tours. The ever-growing popularity of these two lads is the sensation of the bookkeeping bookkeeping departments. ptegyRK of THE INVIGORATING DRINK OF REAL EUEE FtnVOUR fi* jjjSgîÿÿ-! SS3