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»wrr»< K>6 k /'X'/Ts Sunday School Lesson LESSON XII. KEEPING THE BODY STRONG (A Personal Aspect of Temperance) Mai-lc 6:53-50; Judg. 13:12-14; 1 iCior. 3:16,17; Rom. 12:1, 2 GlMpt Text.â€"Now therefore be- ware, ï pray thee, and drink no wine nor -sifong drink, , and eat not any unclean thing. Judg. 13:4. TP© LESSON IN ITS SETTING TfSfffe,â€"The events' recorded by Madg tdok, place in April, A.D. 29. The;j»ii*th of Samson occurred near' B.G.: l^bl. Paul wrote his epistle to ifip Gorinthians about A.D. 59, and his cf.istle to the Romans within a year' or two of that time. ESàfce,â€"The events in Mark occur- red i»h the plain of Gennesaret. Sam- son wa£ born in Zorali, a village abcfjeh Jyventy miles in a straight line west pf Jerusalem. Corinth was one of slid great cities of southern Gr.eecp, and Rome was, of course, the CiiiHiaS of the world. 58. And when they had fcrossed .over.: It was in returning from the easlknyt side of the Sea of Galilee that Christ and his disciples were overtaken by a storm which is de- serititid In the preceding seven verses. They Came to the land unto Gennes- arcfc This is a semi-elliptical plain on ite western shore of the Sea of Galifiè, about three miles long and someStiing more than a mile wide, a p1|66 of unusual fertility and beaity. And moored to the shore, i.e., they anchored to the shore of Gemdsaret. 54. And when they were come out of tÿë;'boat, straightway the people knew him. Healing Sick Bodies 55. And ran round about that whole: region, and began to carry about bn their beds those that were sick, where they heard he was. WhaiSs made emphatic in this pas- sage it not the people’s faith so much as their need. 561 And wheresoever he entered, into, villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the market-places. And besought him that they might touch if it were but the ..Birder of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whcHfc. See also Mark 5:27; Acts 5: 16; sJ ;ll, 12. The garment was the outor robe, the tallith worn over the tunic: At each corner was a tassel with a thread or ribbon of blue. There was no virtue in the garment Of Gfetist itself, and hundreds could ipudff. the. garment, without faith, and receive no blessing whatever. Christ simply honored the faith of these: people by healing them when they manifested such faith by eager- ly attempting to come near him that they*,;'-might but touch the border of his garment. Instructions for Diet (Judges: Chapter 13) 1$, And Manoah said, Now let thy lyorS come to pass: what shall be the: Ordering of the child, and how shat jye do unto him ? 13. And the angel? of Jehovah said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let hêr beware. 14. She may not eat df ^ïÿthing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong driaWi «or, eat any unclean thing; all that I commanded her let her ob- serve; In the earlier part of this chapter we are told that an angel of the- Ltii'd had appeared to the wife Of Mhhoah, announcing that she woiajl: have a son who should be a Nazirii;e... unto God all the days of his iife, and who would “begin to de- - . f. . vael out of the hand of the Philistines,” In making this an- noutiê|ment the angel had told her to.. dpink neither wine nor strong drink, and not to eat any unclean thing. It Would be carefully noticed that not only was the Nazirite himself not to drink strong drink, but the mother of Ihe.one who was to live under a NazMte.vow all of his life was told to l efrain from drinking any strong drink from the time of the concep- tion of the child to the day of his birth. The question naturally arises as to why-men separated unto God for particular priestly work should re- frain from strong drink, and the ans- W is that it clouds their minds and Inflames their hearts in such a way that neither their thoughts, nor their purposes, nor their acts, can be truly holy when under the influence of men beverages. Temple of God 16. Know ye not that ye a temple of God, and that the S ft God dwelleth"in you? .17. If Bâ€"D man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the tem- ple of God is holy, and such are ye. Paiil is speaking in this " chapter of the responsibility of ministers, of those who are building the Christian edifice, which building is the temple of God. A temple is a house in which God..dwells; and therefore, it is added, “and that the Spirit of God , dwelleth in you.” This indwelling of the Spirit constitutes each believ- er, every separate church, and the church collectively, the temple of God. As in the ancient Jewish tem- ple, in its inmost recess, the Sheki- nah, or glory of God, was constant- ly present, and conferred on the building its awe-inspiring power, and rendered any profanation of it a di- rect offense to God, so does the Holy Spirit dwell in the cnurch, and the profanation of this temple by false doctrine is sacrilege. A Living Sacrifice 1. I beseech you therefore, breth- ren, by the mercies of God. Through- out preceding chapters of Romans the mercies of God have been unfolded. These mercies include God’s love for men, his gTace toward men, the send- ing of his Son, who Is the very righteousness of God, to men, that men might be justified in God’s sight, the death which Christ died as a propitiation for our sins, the new life which we have in Jesus Christ, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, the access that is ours to the Father in prayer, our sonship and co-heirship with Christ, our present sanctifica- tion, our future glorification, and all the hope of the life to some, togeth- er with a consciousness that every- thing works together for good to those that love God, from whose love nothing will ever be able to separate us; these are the mercies of God which should prove the motive power of our life. God’s mercy comes first and our consecration afterwards, never vice versa. To present. This is a term associated with gifts for the temple. This action is purely volun- tary. Your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God. Sacrifices in the Old Testament were presented after the death of these sacrifices. Our body is to be a living sacrifice, i.e., utterly devoted to God in the life which is lived in these bodies. Which is your spiritual service. It is to be noted that in the margin of the Revised Version the word here translated “spiritual” is said to mean, literally, "belonging to the reason.” Consecration is intellectual as con- trasted with the uninteligent offering of the animal in the Jewish sacri- fices. 2. And be not fashioned to this world. In verse 1, we have, as it were, the positive aspect of conse- cration, and in this verse we have, as it were, the negative aspect. The word here translated "fashioned” means outward conformation. We are not, then, to conform to the world in its worldliness, either in our life, or our conversation, or our pleasures. Rut be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. The word here translated “transformed” is the very word used in the account of the transfiguration of our Lord (Matt. 17:2). Here it has a far deeper significance than the preced- ing word “fashioned,” and refers to that which is essential and real, the very inner part of one’s being. To be a new creature in Christ is to have a new mind. That ye may prove what is good and acceptable and per- fect will of God, The result of this purification is to make the intellect, which is the seat of moral judgment, true and exact in judging all spirit- ual and moral questions. To prove means to prove and approve, to test and attest. By daily consecration we prove that God’s will is good and ac- ceptable and perfect. Why Irish Keep Pigs Pigs and potatoes are found every- where in Ireland. Why? Because the Irish have great faith in the good- ness of St.Anthony, whose symbol is a pig. In Westminster Abbey he ap- pears as a bearded figure with frock and scapular, a pig at his side. Be- cause of this it became customary for each village to keep a common pig at the expense of the parish. It had a bell hung round its neck and was allowed everywhere, and villagers vied with each other to provide tit- bits for the "Anthony Pig.” In time these animals degenerated into inveterate and cunning beggars, and eventually a saying was coined: “Such an one will follow and whine as if it were an Anthony Pig.” With the return of the former residents of Chapei, near Shanghai, China, the native quarter is rapidly assuming appearance of normality. This section has been rebuilt. Grown-up motion picture players feel terribly neglected these days. They figured that when the first ex- citement over the animated drawings that make up “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” was over they would come back into the limelight again. But along came the world’s be- loved blockhead, Charlie McCarthy, in “Goldwyn Follies,” to distract at- tention from mere humans, and next “The River,” a picture without any actors whatever became the talk of the entertainment world. Now mere children have romped in and taken all the attention away from their elders. Judy Garland, Metro-Coldwyn- Mayer’s fourtean-year-old singing star, is enjoying huge success on a personal appearance tour, and the even-younger Tommy Kelly and Ann Gillis of “Tom Sawyer” have capti- vated several cities they have visited. They had the great thrill of being received formally at the White House, they visited Mark Twain's home town to place a wreath on Ms grave, and in between times they saw the sights of New York. June Lang, Ethel Merman, and Cesar Romero have been flying all over the country attending openings of “In Old Chicago” and audiences were so appreciative of ' the oppor- tunity to see players face to face that Twentieth Century-Fox plans to June Lang stage gala openings for many -of their pictures in the future. You won’t have to go to Hollywood or' New York to attend openings with the stars in the future. Three young men singers have be- come big radio favorites in the past few weeks and by next year radio executives figure they will all he top- ranking. stars. John Carter, who re- placed Nelson Eddy on the Charlie McCarthy hour, is an ex-farmer and vaudeville dancer. Felix Knight, Who in addition to his own Sunday morning program lias been appearing with Leo. Reisman’s orenestra,' comes from Florida, via Hollywood, and is much too young to have had any career other than singing, Glenn Darwin, the rich-toned baritorja- whom you have probably heard on the Magic Key program, was a fa- mous soprano at the age of nine. He made a record of “Ave Maria” then that is still held up as a model of perfection to choir boys. Fred Allen used to work in the Boston Public library, carrying books to the folks who requested them. Eddie Cantor was errand boy Eddie Cantor Bob Burns for a sausage factory. Phil Baker was secretary to a motion picture producer, Walter O’Keefe was a real estate salesman, and Bob Hope was an automobile méchante,. Joe Pen- ner was a piano salesman and Bob Burns was a plumber’s helper, it was an old piece of pipe that he had left over from a job one day that inspired him to invent the bazooka. ODDS AND ENDSâ€"Bill Cody, Jr., son of the popular Western star, ,plays Nelson Eddy as a child in “Girl of the Golden West” . . . . Fanny Brice and Constance Collier wandered into an art exhibition and bought fifteen hundred dollars’ worth of pictures painted by Darryl Aus- tin, an impoverished WPA worker. The first dollar went for tickets to their last pictures . . . Grace Moore CHOOSING YOUR SWEETHEART BY HIS WRITING! Some of my readers, especially the younger ones, will probably say, “what an impracticable idea! Isn’t love a spontaneous experience, and not a matter of choice?” Yet most people DO exercise a cer- tain discrimination when they fall in love, oven though it may be quite subconsciously. For instance, girls seek certain qualities in the men they love. They believe that their sweet- hearts come up to the standard they have set up in their own minds. The mere fact that a girl falls in love with a particular man presupposes that, in her opinion, he has certain characteristics she feels her man should have. There is the “nigg-er in the wood- pile!” Love is so blinding an expe- rience, blended as it is of physical, emotional, spiritual and mental at- tractions, that it temporarily be- clouds one’s faculties of judgment. Then, We believe pretty much what we WISH to believe! Now, handwriting tells the story of the character of a writer. If you take the writing of a girl and lay it beside the writing of her boy friend, you have a complete picture of both them- characters. The dispositions of both are shown clearly, like an aeroplane caught in the beams of a searchlightâ€"not the things which they each imagine about the other, but the unvarnished truths, shorn of the i i'c Ives -with which ro- mance has draped them, and divest- will replace Laurence Tibbett as solo- ist on Andre Kostalanetz’ concerts of American Music March 30 ... . After three years of conducting the orchestra for “Town. Hall Tonight” Peter van Steeden still guffaws at Fred Allen’s delivery of jokes. Aviation Booms In Australia Efforts to Make Whole Country Air-Minded Are Meeting With Success Civil aviation is making record progress in Australia. A report pub- lished on air-transport developments in 1937 shows that during the year commercial aircraft on subsidized and noil-subsidized routes flew nearly twice the number of passenger miles covered in 1936. The total number of passenger miles flown on the regular routes was ap- proximately 20,000,000. The total mile- age of tire routes over which this fly- ing was done was about 23,500. At the end of 1930 the total route mileage was only 18,000. Twice As Many Miles In its determined and successful effort to make the whole country air- minded, Australia has developed new routes, spared no expense on bigger, faster and more numerous liners, and expanded existing air services. Between such towns as Melbourne and Sydney twice-daily non-stop re- turn services have been established, in addition to two other daily services taking in other towns. ed of the lure of personal propin- quity. It is a simple matter for a char- acter-analyst to forecast how they will get along together. Joan had two beaux. She liked them both immensely, and was in a quandary when both asked her to marry. Which should she accept? . . . I said of one, “he is deceptive; he will weave tortuous paths, de- ceiving people by his very plausibil- ity.” The other one, I said, was straightforward, more of a plodder than a scintillating genius; a lover of home life and yet not averse to an occasional jaunting. Like a wise girl she accepted the second man. Only the other week I had a letter from her, telling me how happy she and her husband were. In a postscript she added, “when you analyzed the writings for- me, I was somewhat dismayed, for I had a secret preference for the other man. How lucky it was for me that I took your advice, for the man 1 rejected lias turned out very bad- ly.” Readers are invited to send speci- mens of their own writing, as well as that of their friends, sweethearts or relatives, for an unbiased analy- sis personally prepared by Mr. Hib- bert. Enclose 10c for EACH speci- men (coin or postal note preferred) to help defray handling charges. En- close with stamped addressed envel- ope to: Lawrence Hibbert, Room 421 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto, Ont Replies will be forwarded as quiilif as possible. Your Handwriting Tells The Truth Abolit Your Character! By LAWRENCE HIBBERT (Psychologist, Character-Analyst and Lecturer)