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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT.,[FEBRUARY 3rd., 1938 Sunday School Lesson LESSON VI CHALLENGING THE SOCIAL ORDER -- Mark 2:13-22 Golden Text call the ■i vise ;, but s Mark 2:17. The Lesson In Ms Setting Time -- Early summer, A.D. 28. Place -- The teaching recorded in Terse 13 and the call of Matthew took place along the shore of Galilee, presumably near the city of Capernaum; the feast given by Matthew in honor of Jesus took place in Matthew's home In tho city of Capernaum, at the northern end of the Sea of Galilee. "And he went forth again by the sea to the sower, the lily, the bird. He custom, when teaching, was to point to the sower, the liliy, the bird. He is no pale recluse emerging from a library to instruct. "And all the muti-tude resorted unto him, and he then taught them." A Follower of Jesus i 'And as he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus." This man is certainly to be identified with Matthew, which is the name he uses in his own Gospel in referring to himself (9.9). A number of men in the New Testament had two names; generally one was used in speaking of their life before Christ found them, and the other of their life after they became disciples cf Christ, though not exclusively so. "Sitting at the place of toll." Matthew was a tax-collector, located in a city through which passed a great deal of traffic, long caravans carrying the rich goods of the Orient down into Egypt, and returning to Mesopotamia laden with Egypt's treasures and agricultural products. There was a tax and duty upon all imports and exports and on all that was bought and sold, bridge-money, road-money, harbour-dues, town-dues, etc. The taxes of Judaea were levied by publicans in Judaea, and paid directly to the government, the officials being appointed by the provincials themselves. The publicans were chosen from the native population because they would know the ways of the people better. For this position they had to pay their superiors a certain sum, and everything else they could squeeze out of the people would go into their pockets. Jesus of Nazareth, the carpenter's eon, knew Matthew the publican quite well. Perhaps only too well. He had often been in Mathew's tollbooth with his mother's taxes and with other poor people's taxes. "And he saith . ..unto him, BQllowjme." Possibly Matthew hau come to loathe the life of dishonesty and blackguardism in which he lived. He had long heard of Jesus and had seen the mighty works he did. He had caught sight of a higher and nobler life, and that vision had created such a disgust with his present existence, that, he loathed himself. Jesus' standard of life was one of honesty, purity, a life free from all hypocrisy and insincerity, empty of graft, marked by kindness and unselfishness. Now Matthew, himself, mands to know that, if he should ever accept this invitation, it would mean walking out of the tollbooth never to come back again, and giving up at once the profession which was his living. "And he arose and followed him." From this simple statement we see that Matthew had absolute confidence In the Lord Jesus Christ; he believed that the ideals and principles of Jesus were, though he was not living them, absolutely righ+, the very truth of God and he was a man of quick decision; he knew that, there were things more important in life than money. Sitting At a Feast "Aiid it came to pass, that he was sitting at meat in his house." From Luke's account we know that this feast was not in Jesus' house, but in Matthew's house. "And many publicans and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples; for there were a great many, and they followed him." Tublicant' is a Latin word meaning the great officers who formed the Ro-' man revenue and paid into the public treasury the sum agreed upon by contract with the government. They sublet the tax-gathering to agents, and these agents engaged local officers, the publicans of Scripture to collect the dues. The sinners who were here were citizens of Capernaum who probably kept away from the synagogue more or less of the rabble of the town. A 'disciple' was fundamentally a learner, one who especially attached himself to a teached and became one of his ardent pupils. Question His Conduct "And the scribes of the Pharisees." TIte Pharisees were the sect that adhered not only to the law, but to the rabbinical interpretation of the law, which gradually formed a traditional code by the side of the unwritten law. Their scribes, therefore, would be the rabbis of the party that specially believed in the rabbis. "When they saw that he was eating with the sinners and the publicans, said unto his dls-iipie.M. How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinnersT" la the Orient, if two men voluntarily broke bread with each other, dividing, say, a loaf between them, tfeen they became, as it were, united, oa« with another, in friendship. Con- A--0 sequently when Jesus sat down and actually ate with publicans and sinners, the significance of it all was that he was willing to make them his friends. The Pharisees refused even to come in contact with the type of men gathered around Matthew's table that day, and for Jesus not only to have contact with them, but to actually sit down and eat with them, instantly marked him, in their sight, as one outside the law, unworthy of their confidence. "And when Jesus heard it." The criticism of the Pharisees was not spoken to Jesus, but to his disciples, but their words were uttered in a tone loud enough for Jesus to hear them. "He saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick; I came not to call the righteous, but sinners." Jesus admits that the people with whom that day he is eating and drinking are 'sick,' i.e. they are 'sinners.' The Pharisees never lifted a finger to heal sinners of their sins; for this purpose had Jesus come, and by his so doing these Pharisees yiemselves would have to acknowledge that his righteousness was far above theirs. Why They Fasted "And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say unto him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but they disciples do not?" The Pharisees fasted of tv.eir own accord twice in the week in their pretense of holiness. In not asking his disciples to fast Jesus of course in no way contradicts the law. From Matt. 6:17 we see that Jesus was not opposed to fasting as such, when done for the proper purpose and in the proper way. The disciples of John really asked for enlightenment. The Pharisees wanted to discredit Jesus. "And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast." John the Baptist himself (John 3:29) said that he was the friend of the bridegroom, and by saying this he designated Christ as the bridegroom himself. The bridegroom was now with them. It was no time for the disciples to mourn and to manifest their spirit of mourning. "But the days will come, when the bridgegroom shall be taken away from them. And then they will fast in that day." The Greek word here translated 'taken away' implies a violent death. Jesus had previously hinted at his death and here he directly points to it, though it will yet be two years before he shall die on the cross. New and Old Don't Mix "No man seweth a piece of undressed cloth on an old garment; else that which should fill it up taketh from it, the new from the old, and a worse rent is made." Discard the old entire-; ly, and accept not merely a bit of the new, but all the new in its completeness. Not a new patch, but a new robe. The old robe is the Judaism of that period. It was useless to try to patch this up with a bit of the teaching or practice of Jesus.* "And no mail putteth new wine into old wine-skins; else the wine will burst the skins, and the wine perish-eth, and the skins; but they put new wine into fresh wine-skins." The containers referred to were made of the skin of the goat. When these were new, they were elastic, but the old skins were dry and hard; hence the folly of putting wine which would ferment into skins which did not expand. The patch illustration gives the outward aspect of the truth that Christianity cannot be tacked on to the old law. Where Christ comes, there comes change; old forms and ceremonies will not suit. Old things pass away and all things become new. Even man becomes a new creature. Life must be different where Christ is found. The new faith, the new attitude to God, will require new forms. To confine the new in the bonds of the old is certain to mean trouble, perhaps disaster and loss. Toronto Ban Asked On Noisy Animals It could be expensive to own a barking dog, a screeching parrot or a howling cat if Toronto City Council passes an anti-noise bylaw drafted by Aid. Adelaide Plumptre. The by-law provides a $50 fine for creation of what a magistrate holds to be unnecessary noises. Among "unnecessary noises" is listed "the crowing, crying or barking or other such sound of or from any animal or bird which disturbs the peace, comfort and repose of any person in the neighborhood of such animal or bird." The by-law, however, does not specify that the owner of the animal shall be fined. The Great Geyser of Iceland has a basin 70 feet In diameter and spontsi hot water 200 feet. More than 20,000,000 letters were seat by air in England last year. Million Dollar Model Will Never Fly deplane cost a million dollars and will never fly. It has been designed by the Boeing engineers to test iiners to be constructed for the TWA, making possible shorter coast-to-coast flights. The plar- -l passengers. Blind 19 Years, Is Auto Expert "Knock" Specialist's Services Are Widely Sought The last automobile Harry Erick-son, of Bloomer, Wisconsin, saw was a 1916 model, but he has been repairing cars since 1918. Only by listening and running his sensitive hands over the smooth streamlined outlines of modern automobiles can Erickson tell how much automobiles have advanced since a bit of flying steel took away hi3 sight. Knows By Listening He knows by listening, he says, that automobiles have come a long way from the days when he used to drive one and often spent more time under the car than in it. Erickson is a "knock" specialist. Car owners come from miles around just to have him listen to their motors and tell them where the trouble lies and then have him fix it for them. He has a sideline, too. He makes over old automobiles into tractors by shortening the wbeelbase and replacing the rear axles with truck axles and worm gears. Message From Mine Travels To Plane Radio Communication from Underground Is Broadcast Across Canada A mining superintendent, a quarter of a mile underground, an airplane a mile above the ground, and a radio hook-up which extended the length and breadth of Canada were all linked together in a unique demonstration of modern communication methods given by D. E. Galloway, assistant vice-president of the Canadian National Telegraphs before the Rotary Club at Toronto. A part of the demonstration was the installation of the latest type of automatic teletypewriter upon which an operator sent greetings from president "Jack" Degan to various Rotary Clubs from Vancouver to Halifax. Within 12 minutes and long before the demonstration was finished, answers were received and delivered to the president. Long and Shcrt Wave Used One of the interesting sidelights of the demonstration was the fact that all types of facilities were coordinated to act as a single unit of communication. More than 8.000 miles of Canadian National Telegraphs were required. The long New York's Cleaner-Upper Thomas R. Dewey, whose successful fight against Charles Luciano, New York's vice king, resulted in conviction, arrives in Albany, N.Y., to battle a legal move to free Luciano from prison. wave of radio communication was brought into use by the Canadian Radio Commission to give a national broadcast of the event. The t'.io*' wave was pressed into service to establish a connection with flight No. 4 of the Central Vermont Airways, flying in regular passenger service between Montreal and Boston. Telephone loops were linked up to complete the talking circulars. Spoke from 1800-Foot Level In opening the demonstration, Mr. Galloway called E. W. Todd, general superintendent of the Lakeshore Mines, at Kirkland Lake, more than 400 miles away, who spoke from the 1800 foot level of No. 5 shaft of the At the time Mr. Todd was speaking the passengers and officers of flight No. 4 were receiving the demonstration by short-wave from 5,100 feet above the ground. When Mr. Galloway called Harry Carson, general manager of the Central Vermont Railway and vice-president of the Central Vermont Airways, subsi-dary companies of the Canadian National Railways, the response came sharply and clearly. Doomed Man's Flesh Turns to "Leather" Marnier Faces Certain Death From IncuraJbJe-JDigpasp .•Reconciled to his fate. Ogle Neely, 36;, of Howard, West Virginia, laughed aiid joked this week allhough, doctors said that he faced slow but certain death because his flesh is turning to "leather". His arms to the elbows and his legs to the knees already have been "petrified" by the rare disease of scleroderma, from which specialists at Johns Hopkins Hospital say he is suffering. Doctors say that they know neither the cause nor the cure for the disease. Hand Sounds Like Hammer When the Marshall county farmer was only 23 the ailment first appeared in 1924 and started at the tips of his fingers and toes. Each year it spread a little. Now he is unable to work and he must live on a $20-a-month relief allowance. Although his legs are deadened, he walks four miles to the nearest grocery store ouce a "If he hits his hand against a ta-"hle, it sound like a hammer. It's the same with his feet," said Byron Pipes, relief investigator. "I don't see how he gets around at all." "But his spirits are good and he doesn't seem like a doomed man. He laughs and jokes, although I know his ailment gives him a lot of pain." • In 1927, he spent seven weeks in Johns Hopkins Hospital but left when doctors decided that 'they could not cure the disease. Canadian Lass Wins Many Blues at Resort sir* Around * The Dial It is our pleasure to introduce a couple of new programs to our readers. First, the Man on the Street, broadcast in front of the Imperial Theatre, Toronto, every Tuesday night over CFRB. The program is conducted by Jack Cook and announced by Bob Kestan. We had a lot of fun watching this program last week, and if it weren't for the fact that we froze both ears, and a half dozen toes or so, we really could have enjoyed the program. Jack Cook does a nice bit of questioning and Bob Kestan nabs the victims and does the commercial announcements. Theatre tickets are given to those who have been unfortunate enough to be collared by Messrs. Kestan and Cook, for their entertaining program. Program number two puts Charlie Hannigan back on the air in his regular spot over CKCL. Last night saw the first meeting of the mountaineers glad to see our old friend Vic Pethic back on radio at the piano, after an absence of about two years. You people who like square dancing listen to Charlie Hannigan Monday nights over CKCL at 9 o'clock and you get a full half-hour of old time music. Theatre tickets are also given free for your requests, so if you would like Charlie and the boys to play your favourite old-timer just drop him a note to CKCL. The Dr. Jackson show, "Air-Breaks" is really going great guns. Roy Lock-sley and his sixteen-piece orchestra RADIO HEAD LINERS OF THE WEEK By FRANK DENNIS are doing a fine bit of support to those simon-pures on the show. Incidentally, this is not an amateur show, for each person appearing on the program gets a five-dollar bill. Bert Pearl does a fine bit of M.C.ing and Uncle Maurice Boddington is the announcer. The program is heard Friday nights at 8.30 over CFRB. Frank Luther, NBC tenor, will present an original radio drama, destined to be known, according to Frank, as the "world's worst short short drama," during his Person to Person broadcast over the NBC-Red Network. Luther will play the three characters in his original playlet "He", "She" and "Poor Richard". Lucille Manners, popular singing star of the 'Cities Service Concerts, heard over the NBC-Red Network on Fridays at 8:00 p.m., E.S.T., owns an original sketch of herself by Jay Kaye, famous Hollywood artist. Kaye, wnohe syndieuttvi strip, "Show i'WlU"-is a daily feature of hundreds of newspapers throughout the country, travelled across the country to New York expressly to make the presentation. Although both Miss Manners and Jay Kaye have risen to fame in opposite ends of the country, the pair were originally neighbors in New Jersey. Miss Manners was a resident of Irvington, N.J., while Kaye lived in the next town, Maplewood, N.J. The sketch presented to Miss Manners is the first of a new strip on radio stars now being syndicated. Miss Manners is using the sketch on her radio program cover and as part of a letterhead on her fan mail stationery. The Stars And You [ shown taking a bai By A. R. WEIR *** g Aquarius is the sign under which those whose birthdays are listed ►$ above were born. These people have kind, sweet dispositions, are }♦{ very flexible, and have even, well-governed tempers and nai-ures. They '5 are easy to live with and make good friends since they have high ideals. ft They usually make good business associates and are generally sue- A cessful in their undertakings. « YOUR OWN BIRTHDATE: ft FEBRUARY 4--You make a long and steadfast friend. You have >?< little difficulty in getting along with others. Even relatives and in- V laws like you and respect your opinion. On the whole, the coming $ year should be a successful and prosperous period for you. % FEBRUARY 5--You are a trifle too self-opinionated for your own good. Be more receptive to suggestions made by others. Contact V with others is one of our greatest sources of knowledge. Youwill ft visit many places of amusement this year and find happiness in do- ►*< mestic affairs. *ft FEBRUARY 0--The coming year should be a very successful period for you, though, as is to be expected, there are also difficult periods ►*< to bridge. You will do this best by mixing with older people and pay- ft ing strict attention to all matters dealing with property. Your lucky ►*« day is Saturday. ft FEBRUARY 7--Important changes are indicated for you this year $ also a pleasant holiday by water. Your health should be good and ►$« you should enjoy a period of real happiness and prosperity. You love ft i peace and harmony. A FEBRUARY 8--Your lucky number is two. You wish alv.ays to do ft good and never plan to hurl or harm anyone. If you work hard and A wisely this year you should experience real progress and gain through ►$ inlluential people. FEBRUARY 9--This is an excellent year for business affairs, for your ! I health, for social affairs and for love. There should be nothing what- ft 1 soever for you to worry about. You are artistic and deeply inter-[ ested in music, art and literature. ft ! FRBRUAB.Y 10--Unless you rely more upon your own efforts your & ' financial status may always lark stability. You have the ability to ft stabilize your life but it depends entirely upon you. Prospects for ft the immediate future are good for you. It is a good time for you to A | r.u.ih your affairs to their utmost. ft 1 It you birth date is not listed above and you would like a horoscope ft 1 for any birth date in the year, or if you would like a complete personal A [ horoscope for any date listed above, send 10c to A. R. 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