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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT, APRIL 28, 1938 l.Ei FOLLOWING VISION WITH EERVICE-- Mark 9:14-29 Golden Text --All things are pos-him that believeth. Mark 9: sible 23. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time.--Autumn, A.D. 29. Flace.--At the foot of the mountain on which the transfiguration of Chris| took place, and therefore probably on the plain at the foot of Mount Hermon. 1 I. And when they came. That is, when the Lord Jesus, with his three disciples, Peter, James, and John, returning from their rapturous experience on the near-by mountain where Jesus was transfigured, came back to the plain from which they had departed for the mountain. To the disciples. That is, to the nine disciples whom Jesus had left behind when he ascended the mount. They saw. "They," refers to Jesus and the three disciples with him. A great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them. Both of the pronouns "them" refers to the nine disciples. As we shall soon see, the disciples had failed in their attempt to cast the demon out of a poor boy who had been brought to them, and the scribes were taking advantage of their tragic failure to accuse them of imposture and an inability to accomplish the things which they boasted of. 15.. And straightway all the multitude, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. The multitude were amazed because they had not expected Jesus at this time. He was the one person that they wanted to see, especially because of the heated argument that had arisen. He came down on the lake when his disciples were enveloped in the storm of wind. Questioning Multitude 16. And he asked them, What question ye with them? The question was probably put both to the scribes and to the multitude in general. Here undoubtedly the question of Jesus was one asked sincerely, to secure information, asked because Jesus did not choose to exercise his divine omniscience on this occasion. 1 7. And one of the multitude answered him, Teacher, I brought unto thee my son, who hath a dumb spirit. From this verse we gather that the father of this wretched boy had heard that Jesus was near by; but the Lord had come up on to the mountain with his three disciples to be transfigured, and the father determined to do the next best thing, i.e., to ask the disciples of Jesus to heal his boy. This spirit was a power too great for the hoy to escape from by his own determination, and a power which no other man was able to drive out from the boy's heart. 18. And wheresoever it taketh him, it dasheth hm down; and he foanieth, and grin, eth his teeth, and pineth away. Th; words here describe the condition of this boy under the power of the demon.. And I spake to thy disciples that they should cast it out: and they were not able. The disciples had lost the power which they ence had to deliver men from the be ridage from which the Lord Jesus care to set men free. The Crowd Accused 19. And he ari = wereth them and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with yon? bring him unto me. These words were addressed (1) to the father, (2) to the disciples, (3) to tlie crowd, and (4) through them to the whole people. It was faith that the Lord Jesus sought in the hearts of men, and he did everything an.; on<< could do to secure such faith: whenvfaith did not follow his miracka and matchless teaching, the Lord was grieved to the depths of his heart. 20. And they wrought him unto him: and when Id saw him, straightaway the spirit tire him grievously; and he fell or tit ground, and wallowed foaming. Here before the very eyes of Jesus th.' whole affliction of the boy appeared. 21. And he ask d his father, How long time is it sirce this hath come unto him? Ano he said, From a child. There an' many ailments, handicaps, and peculiar twists that, many men can fay they have had ' "from a child." If "from a child" we know boys am! girls to bear such terrible affliction- and weaknesses, th-.; "froi child" young people should be brought to know the Lord Jesus Christ! The possibilities for great good in children are just as good as the possibilities for great evil. 22. And oft-tim.s it hath cast him both into the fire and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do anything have compassion on us, and help us Notice the double occurrence of ;he pronoun "us." The father made himself one with the child. The sufferings of his son were his sufferings Yet people say that atonement through substitution A--C is unnatural ana iliogical. If earthly fathers feel so, how must our Father who is in heaven yearn over his children, a prey tc "possession" and daily when under the control of sin sent into terrible dangers and temp- Hand c Faith 23. And Jesus said unto him, If thou canst! All things are possible to him that believeth. The father's faith had not been very strong to begin with, anj the failure of the disciples had made it weaker. What Jesus really told this man was that it was not a question of his (Jesus') ability to cast out this demon, but the real issue war. whether the man had faith enough to believe that Jesus could do it. When Jesus said that "all things are possible to him that believeth," he meant that everything which we have a right to expect from God, according to the teachings of the New Testament, we shall receive froir. the Lord, if we have faith to believe in him who has made these promises. 24. straightaway the father of the child cried out, and said, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. He wished to believe, but felt unbelief still too strong within him. He presents himself to the Lord just as he is 25. And when Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I command thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. 26. And having cried out, and torn him much, he came out: and the boy became as one dead; insomuch that the more part said, He is dead. What is often feared most in a major operation is what is called "shock." When a power that has dominated a life is removed, it is natural that there should be a convulsive experience in the readjustment of that life to new conditions and to the loss of that which previously had been a veritable part of that. life. Here there was more than a power, an actual Satanic, personal dominion over this boy. 27. But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him up; and he arose. Jesus did not here, as it were, pick up a limp body. The cure was immediate, and complete, and so definite that no one could doubt the reality of it. Jesus was not only interested in casting out this demon, but he had an infinite compassion for the boy himself, and waited until the boy was on his feet and restored to normalcy again. Why They Couldn't Act 28. And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, how is it that we could not cast it out? They were ashamed and perplexed and bewildered at their own impotency, because they knew that once they had had power to cast out demons, and they knew also that they ought to have had power to do so that day. Such humiliating experiences are wholesome for every Christian worker. Times of impotency and failure are used by God for a great searching of our hearts and 29. And he said unto him, This kind can come out by nothing, save by prayer. These mightier spirits require the full measure of faith to dislodge. The disciples did not think of prayer. They let their faith droop, and thus failed. Depression laid hold of them, and in consequence they neglected what they then needed most, prayer; and so their faith failed and they were left without power. Pray-erlessness always results in lowered spiritual vitality, and that in turn brings failure. Miss England To Wed They Dash To A Close Finish at South Carolina Track i the Aiken Mile Track, $outh Carolina. Age Is Leading Reason For Lack Of Employment Muriel Oxford, "Miss Great Britain" in 1936, will marry Gilbert A. Evans, a London stock broker. Miss Oxford figured in the disappearance of Frank Vosper at sea, last year, when he vanished from a party she gave. Survey By Canada's National Employment Commission Shows Chronic Disease Takes Second Place In List of Unemployment Causes--Construction Industry Hardest Hit. While employment figures were much brighter for the years 1937 and 1936 than in the previous two years the statistical reports compiled by the National Employment Commission, published in t~oklet form, reveal that the majority of heads of families unemployed in 1937 have not been continuously self-supporting for a 12-months period since 1933. Of 99,561 heads of families in Canada unemployed in September of last year more than 13,500 were not employed for that period since 1933, 16,-600 since 1932, 14,300 since 1931 and 17,411 since 1930 or earlier. And of the 99,561 only 1,734 3g8P5f ever self-dependent. The same proportion holds good for Ontario. A table of the causes of unemploy-ability reveals that age is the leading cause for men and broken homes the leading cause for women. For men, chronic disease takes second place and physical defect third place as the cause of unemployability. For women age is second cause, chronic disease third and physical defect fourth. Addiction to drugs or alcohol is a minor cause for both men and women, only 16 heads of families in the whole Dominion being listed under this cause. Employable persons, however, enjoyed some measure of employment in 1936 and 1937, as approximately one-third of theu last had work in either of those two years. The age group of the largest number of employable persons is that between 26 and 45 years, while the age group of the largest number of unemployable persons is from 46 to 65 A comparative table of unemployed in Ontario cities in September, 1937, reveals as follows: Stratford, 781; Woodstock, 193; St. Thomas, 356; Owen Sound, 175; Sarnia, 154; Niagara Falls, 1,4^1; Oshawa, 1,970; London, 3,360; Kitchener, 916; Guelph, 1,161; Gait, 326; Chatham, 269; Brant-ford, 2,957. Counting agricultural aid the total number of persons receiving relief in Canada in September, 1937, was 754,-839, of which the Province of Saskatchewan accounted for 316,004, while Ontario had only about half that number, 156,692. But of the Saskatchewan total there were 269,601 farmers and their dependents receiving aid while Ontario had only 5,773 in this category. Construction Hit Hard A table setting out the normal occupation of relief recipients in the Dominion reveals that the construe- IS THIS YOUR BIRTHDAY? By A. R. WEIR What the Stars Foretell for Those Born on April 29 and 30th and May 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 If you were born on a date listed above your Zodiac sign is Taurus. This sign is of the Earthy Tripiicity and it gives your great practicality, a strong will and fixed determination. You are self-possessed, have decided views and great powers of perserverance. While you have influential friends you should beware of open enemies, who will attempt to cause trouble for you. Your children will be a source of great happiness to you. Your lucky number is six. An unexpected business change for the better is indicated. For complete birthday horoscope for any birth date in the year, send 10c to A. R. Weir, 73 Adelaide St., W., Toronto. Please print your name and address plainly. tion industry has been hardest hit. There were 18,893 fully employable persons in this .category. Next was manufacturing with 15,224, then general labor, 11,880, and trade, 10,323. For Ontario the order differed slightly hut construction was still in the lead with 8,974, manufacturing next with 4,738; general labor, 4,042; trade, 3,439. Primary industries such as logging, farming, fishing and mining played only a small part in these tables, with a total of 8,073 for the whole Dominion. This is exclusive of special aid to resident farmers such as those in the prairies. Tombstone Laid To Appease Ghost Victim of Murder 200 Years Ago Said to Haunt Premises To appease the ghost-of a sailor who has haunted the Blue Posts Inn at Portsmouth, Eng., ever since he was murdered 200 years ago, a tombstone has been erected over his grave i'nTne inn's courtyard. According to legend the sailor arrived at the inn one night early in the 18th century and was killed by a stranger, who robbed him of a bag of jewels and money. The landlady and her son, fearing that the crime would damage the name of the inn, dragged the body into the courtyard and buried it under a flagstone. Whitefaced Sailor A traveller w' o slept in the room where the murder occurred a few days later complained that he had seen a "whitefac ;d sailor, with blood on his face". For generations the inn retained its reputation of being haunted, and even after a new building was erected the sailor was said to haunt the corridors at night. The present landlady hopes that the new tombstone will appease the ghost. Butterfly's Flight Well Controlled It Is In Some Ways f perior To That Of A Bird Butterflies are such light, fragile creatures that one would suppose them to be largely at the mercy of the winds in flying. Their wavering, seemingly erratic flight, even on still days, suggests this. But, writes Sir W. Beach Thomas in the Atlantic Monthly for January, "Their flight is now known to be much more under control than seemed likely. Large flocks of butterflies have been seen tacking their way against strong winds over the sea as both immigrants and emigrants." Further, the author tells us, the flight of butterflies is in some respects superior to that of birds. As an instance he cites the huge light blue butterflies of the Brazilian forests and the purple emperor butterflies of France and Great Britain which have the power of rising into the air almost vertically "with an ease and at a speed that are scarcely credible." These capable aeronauts seem to be the gyroplanes of the insect world. Sideways arid Backwards Insects have several tricks of flight of which other flying creatures and heavier-than-air flying machines are incapable. For example, many species, including dragon flies, have the ability to go into reverse gear and fly directly backward without changing their bodily position. In addition to this, they can fly sidewise, either to the right or left, at right angles to the axis of their body. Many of the smaller insects, including bees and flies, can hold their own with the larger dragon flies in reverse or lateral flying. Second Great War Now In Progress Began When Italy Gave Aid To Franco, Is Famous Soldier's Claim LONDON.--The second great war of the 20th century began in July, 1936, according to Capt. Basil Lid-dell Hart, historian and expert on military matters. Captain Liddell Hart, who is military correspondent of the London Times, told the University College Union Society in London that the first operations of the war came when Italy with aircraft gave "direct assistance" to the Spanish insurgents and Germany with warships gave "indirect assistance," helping transport troops from Africa to Spain. Preceding the war, he said, encouragement and experience had been gained by Japan in Manchuria and Italy in Ethiopia in defying the League of Nations and developing the new technique of camouflaged war. "The situation in this new 'great war' now would seem to be that the enemy is within reach of gaining the decisive points without a battle, and in the most vital direction we have made no serious attempt to prevent him," said Captain Liddell Hart. the greater part of China, and its decline throughout the world, is due to factors which are not understood." With the decline of plague is vanishing a mysterious scourge which has killed millions throughout the world. The first known plague was in North Africa. In the sixth century, Europe experienced its first visitation. The Black Death One of the most famous--or notorious--plagues in history was the Black Death which, in the fourteenth century, swept Europe and in England alone wiped out more than three-quarters of the population." In all, 25 million people died. In 1664-65 came the Great Plague of London. The population of London at that time was less than a half a million--and in one year 68,000 were struck down. As time passed the plague became less and less common in the West and finally disappeared from Europe, moving to the East. An outbreak in India between 1897 and 1906 killed over 4,000,000 people. The plague is believed to be caused by rat fleas, and constant vigilance is maintained in all ports. Hundreds of dead rats are examined every year. Plague Declines Throughout China And Disappears Gradually From Rest of the World--Scientists At a Loss For Explanation. Plague is vanishing from the world, and scientists are at a loss to understand why. The British Colonial Office, reporting that for seven years no cases of plague have been found in Hongkong, says: "The disappearance of plague, not only from Hongkong, but from Penal Settlement Italy's Gibraltar Pantellaria Island In Mediterranean Lies Across British and French Route to the Indies Once regarded as a penal settlement, similar to Devil's Island, 'he Isle of Pantelleria is now being regarded by Italians as a potential Mediterranean "Gibraltar" of their Many British atlases do not even mark it, but, lying across the British and French route to the Indies, it occupies a position of high strategical importance. Pantelleria' is a volcanic island rising to a peak (Monte Grande) of about 2,500 feet. Its area is 83 square kilometres, and it stands in the middle of the narrow channel between Sicily and the French North African colony of Tunis, from which it is only a few minutes' journey by aeroplane. Stationary Battleship It dominates British and French shipping to the Indies as effectively as a mountain dumped in the middle of the English Channel would dominate all Franco-British shipping. The population of Pantelleria is nearly 7,000 -- mainly a peasant class who have up to now tended their -vineyards and lemon and orange groves in peace. But now Italy vis-1 ualises the island as "a magnificent battleship", stationary, it is true, but which no squadron could hope to sink. Farther south, again in mid-channel, lie three more islands, small but of strategical importance, within a few minutes' flying from any point on the Mediterranean between Sicily and Africa--Lampedusa, Linosa and Lamp- The large boulders scattered about Britain, and now known to have been left by glaciers, once were thought to have been washed in by "he big Biblical flood. A queen wasp produces from 10,-000 to 20,000 offspring in a life- Woman Cricketer "Whistles While She Works" a ..ujorie Pollard, former captain of England's Women's cricket team 5 seen here officiating in a recent field hockey match between Stevenaire ind Slough ladies teams. She is on tour as newly appointed national or. |anizer to the Women s Team Games Board, organizing sport throughout