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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., 'JUNE 16, '1938 r|) Sunday School Lesson 1 LESSON XII THE SUFFERING SERVANT Mark 15:22-39 Golden Text -- For the Son of Man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give Mark 10:45. the; lesson in its setting Time -- Friday, April 7, A.D. 30. Place Jerusalem. "And they bring him unto the place, Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull." Golgotha simply means "skull," as Mark himself explains for use. This place was probably given such a name because it had a skull-like contour. The site cannot be identified with certainty. There are only two places that can be seriously considered to-day as the site of Calvary, one is the plot over which the church of the Holy Sepulchre now stands, and the other is the shult-shaped knoll above Jeremiah's grotto, outside the present north wal! of Jerusalem. "And they offered him wine that was mingled with myrrh, but he received it not." This was a drink mercifully offered to those about to be crucified, to produce stupefaction (i.e., as an opiate). Jesus intended to go through the final ordeal with a mind perfectly clear. "And they crucify him." It is probable, though not certain, that our Lord was nailed to the cross while it lay upon the ground, and that it was then lifted into its position as is represented in the great picture of Rubens in Antwerp Cathedral. The cross of Jesus lifted his feet no more than a yard above the ground, for the short stalk of hyssop was able to reach Jesus' mouth. The f.gony of crucifixion needs no description. "And part his garments among them, casting lots upon them, what each should take." "And it was the third hour, and they crucified him." Mark is the only one who gives the hour of Christ's crucifixion. The Jewish day began at six o'clock in the morning, and therefore the third hour would be about nine o'clock in the morning. "And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING of THE JEWS." This inscription on the Lord's cross was written by Pilate in Aramaic and in Greek, as well as in the official Latin, so as to be intelligible to all Jews. It was just this that the • Jews refused* to recognize, namely, that Jesus was their king. "And with him they crucify two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left." These two men were not only robbers, but, as Luke tells us, they were malefactors, i.e., men whose business it is to work evil. Thus was the prediction of Isaiah nearly seven hundred years before this brought to pass. Though Mark does not recall it, all who do v the y of o give remember that, while ining of this day both of :s railed upon .he Lord Je- reecived eternal life. Three Final Insults "And they that passed by railed on him." These were either country folk on their way to the city, or citizens whose business called them into the country. The word here translated "railed" means, ordinarily, to speak reproachfully, to revile, to calumniate. "Wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! thou that destroyest the temple, and builde : thre days, ,10. down froir tiie i put; spoke the truth ability to build the three days, he certainly would able to pull his hands anc. feet f thyself, if Je-ting his gain in elf from his impalei i the priests mocking selves with the scribes said, He saved others; himself he cannot save." Members of the priestly aristocracy were seen in company with scribes and elders deriding the suf-fc.i r. It. is not true that Jesus could not save himself -- he could have nine so easily, instantly, with all the omnipotence of God, but he d himself, for by his death. ,et the Christ, now come d ?, that we may they that wer reproached hin tad he saved the King of Is- , there i s land i s darkni ninth hour." s darkness is also mentioned by tthew (27:45) and by Luke (23: , a darkness that began at high n and ended three hours later, )'clock in the afternoon. So another famous period of at the time of the redemp- t thr tion of the children of Israel from Egypt. "And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" This fourth cry from the cross, also recorded by Matt. 27:46, is the only one of the seven words from the cross recorded in Mark's Gospel. This in one of the deepest, most in-scrutable mysteries of all the word of God, and, reading these words, we can only bow our heads, and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal in our hearts some of the terrible meaning of this cry. The nearest we can hope to come to penetrating this mystery is to think of Jesus as covered with all the world's sin and curse; and when God saw Jesus thus, he turned away from him. And even though God turned from him and left him, he cries to him and holds fast to him as his God. Here the divine perfection of Jesus appears. "And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elijah." There was something in the cry that recalled to the spectators the name of Elijah. "And one ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to take him down." This verse can be understood only as we recall ihat the fifth word on the cross (John 19:28) was, "I thirst." See also Matt. 27:48. Consequqences of His Death "And Jesus uttered a loud voice, and gave up the ghost." The word translated "ghost" is the word often translated "spirit." "And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom." This veil is the one that hung between the hold place and the holy of holies described in Exod. 26:31, 36.35. The veil in the temple, as in the tabernacle, symbolized the fact that God was distinctly separated from men, and could not be approached by men except through a high priest. No Hebrew, in all the hundreds of years of Hebrew history, except the high priests, ever entered through the veil that hung before the holy of holies. The rending of ihis veil was certainly an act of God. The veil was tremendously heavy, and said to have been about forty feet in height. In the rending of the veil we have God revealed to men as he never has been before. We now know God through the Lord Jesus Christ and especially the love of God in the fact that Christ died for us. "And when the centurion, who stood by over against him, saw that he so gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God." This centurion felt himself to be !n the presence of a great mystery, and realized that Jesus was kin with divinity. Music Is Urged As Our Unifier Canadian People Could Be Drawn Together By Music Declares Eminent Glasgow Musician Sir Hugh Robertson, adjudicator of musical festivals throughout Canada, arid director of the famous Orpheus Choir, told members of the Association of Canadian Clubs at Montreal last week that music was the best unifier that Canada could have, for all question of color, religion or nationality sank when people joined together for music. The eminent Glasgow musician said he had heard 40,000 children ip to Can- SIR HUGH ROBERTSON ada, all of them animated with the jne thought to do a beautiful thing beautifully. The children of today were the Canadians of tomorrow and as they looked to the education and enlightenment of those children sn they could look for an enlightened Canada In the future, and any- DONALD'S A TOLL-COLLECTOR Nicknamed "Donald" by children and drivers, this pet duck in Dulwich Park, London, England, collects toll from, all motorists passing through the park. Donald waits until a car stogs baMe tha lake where he lives, waddles across and waits for fatty cgntriBu1 tions. Photograph above shows Donald greeting a rhote&rt and saying (in quack quacks) "Please, pretty please, what will you give Carole Lombard and Clark Gable really ought to go into the dressmaking business. They co-operated on a sports jacket which Alice Marble, the United States' Number One tennis player, will wear when she steps out on the courts of Wimbledon, England, to battle for a championship. Carole desig:.^d the jacket, (she is Alice Marble's best friend) and Clark had his tailor make it. It's a knockout. And Alice, tall, blonde and pretty, will wear it. Remember 'Dawn Patrol," in which Richard Barthelmess starred, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., after pleading and fighting for the role, played the second lead so ably that he stole the picture, and proved ERROL FLYNN himself a good actor? Well, it's to be made again, with Errol Flynn, Patric Knowles and Basil Rathbone in the leading roles. Claudeete Colbert, who recently got ho"ie from that European vacation, likes simple clothes -- but listen to the description of the dress recently designed for her by Travis Banton, one of moviedom's ace designers. It's frilly, it's frothy, it's of white organza, covered with a printed pattern of cherries in black. The skirt is shirred and full, the neckline is outlined by a large flounce, with wider flounces forming the sleeves. Sounds anything hut s lipid Alice Brady has had years on t Jtage and years in the movies, t when you hear her on the radio y Music For H< The prcpagatio :ry difficult in i countries required a ground and that was a wr lay to the hand of the (' Clubs. Canada needed mi g, but new k that may be sure that she is nervous. The microphone simply scares her into such a state of nerves that the pages of her script have to be pasted on cardboard, to keep them from rattling. Encouraged by its success in the building up of Ginger Rogers as a dramatic star, RKO is going to try to do the same thing with Ruby Keeler, the dancer who is Mrs. Al Jolson in private life. You'll see the first results of the new campaign in "Mother Carey's Chickens." And with Fay Bainter and Ralph Morgan also in the cast, the girl will have to act or be utterly swamped. Bob Ripley has discovered search for "Believe It Or 1 that it is three and two-thirds as easy for a man to becon amazing person as it is for man to do so. He finds that ing women are just as inte as men, but rarer. The only he can give is that they don as much chance to disti themselves as men do. his reason 't have nguish thing any of us know, going to form an organization to protest against radio programs which are awfully amusing to the audience in the broadcasting studio, but pretty those who just t j in, and what ii going c Cantor is one of the worst offenders. After all, radio is supposed to Eddie Cantor be heard, not just seen. And I know of more than one instance in which a listener, at home, swore never to buy the sponsor's product because it was so annoying to hear the laughter and not know what was so ODDS AND ENDS -- Paramount may follow Metro's example and launch an air show in the fall ...... Stan Laurel and his Russian bride plan a fourth wedding ceremony ...... Frank Black saves the stamps from foreign letters, and gives them to his friends -- which keeps his office filled with both friends and stamps ...... Around Hollywood they are calling "The Adventures of Marco Polo," "Mr. Deeds Goes to China" ...... Gale Page, known to radio but not to movie fans, has been made a star by Warner Bro- Heads Weekly Publishers At the annual convention of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association in Toronto (Ontario-Quebec Division), Mr. A. E. Dobbie, managing editor of the Record-News, Smith's Falls, Ont., was elected president of the organization for the coming year. A Handwriting Analysis Will Help You To A Better Life By L. HIBBERT (Psychologist and Handwriting Expert) Is it possible to foretell the future from one's handwriting? This is a question that is frequently asked. Unfortunately, we cannot tell fortunes from handwriting. I wish we could, sometimes! What, then, will handwriting reveal? It will show the character of a writer. There are, of course, many things we know about our friends, acquaintances and people with whom we come in contact. But there are other, deeper traits that don't come so readily to the surface, or are deliberately hidden. These are revealed unerringly in handwriting. Handwriting doesn't stop at revealing the writer's character. It shows the hidden potentialities and talent that often lie dormant within a person. Many persons are working in "blind alleys," or are realising but a tithe of their possibilities, merely because of a lack of knowledge of their own powers. A handwriting analysis is often the first step towards a bettor position and greater earning powers. Every reader will appreciate the importance of this, especially In : these days of fast competition and reduced earning outlets. Can handwriting analysis be depended upon? There WAS a time when many so-called graphologists were nothing more than charlatans, preying on the gullible. There was also a time when many medical "experts" were quacks! But you do not put any less faith in your doctor today because many years ago there were medical quacks, do you? In the same way, graphology has passed the elementary stages and is now recognized as a science. Have YOU discovered what your handwriting shows about your real self? Would you like to know the truth about your sweetheart, relatives or friends? Or are you interested in finding what talent you have? Send specimens of the writing you want analysed, enclosing 10c for EACH specimen. Enclose with a stamped addressed envelope, to: L. Hibbert, Room 421, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto, Ont. Your letter will be treated in confidence. Grants To Help Finance Roads Into Mine Areas Dominion Minister of Resources Gives Details of Assistance the Provinces will be given To Aid in Development of Mining Sections -- Will Improve Transportation--Ontario to Get $250,000. Resources Minister Crerar last week announced tentative allocation of the $1,300,000 vote included in the supplementary estimates to assist the provinces in improving transportation into mining areas. The proposed allotments follow: Nova Scotia, $25,000; Quebec, $250,-000; Ontario $250,000; Manitoba, $225,000; Saskatchewan, $125,000; Alberta, $50,000; British Columbia, $240,000; Northwest Territories and the Yukon, $93,000. Agreement With Provinces Initiated in the fiscal year 1936-37, the assistance scheme was undertaken to reduce transportation costs into mining properties where the government thought such costs were likely to retard development a departmental statement said. In that year agreements were made with the provinces concerned whereby the work was carried out under the direction of the provincial govei'nments with the understanding that two-thirds of the total expenditures in each case would be contributed by the Dominion and one-third by the provinces. All projects carried out were recommended by the provinces and were subject to the final approval of the Dominion. All work undertaken in Yukon and the Northwest Territories was dons by the federal government. The same arrangement will prevail this year, the statement said. 100 Producing Areas Aided In the assistance scheme work is being given mainly to persons taken from relief rolls, or classified as needy unemployed. During the past two years the joint program has been of material aid in expanding the tonnage treated daily in gold and other metallurgical plants throughout Canada. Upwards of 100 producing or soon-to-be producing gold mines have been given improved road assistance essential to profitable operation, and besides, active development has been encouraged in many promising mineral areas hitherto devoid of suitable transportation facilities. Say Hill-Billies Like Opera Best Prefer It To Mountain Music, Declares Col. Bovey of McGill, on Return from Visit to Arkansas. There ain't no hill-billy m Kentucky and Arkansas mountaineers pretv- symphony orchestrations and opera. They disclaim utterly the brand of savage discord which is described as "mountain mThis is the verdict of Col. Wilfrid Bovey of McGill University who represented the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation at the recent round table conference on radio held under the auspices of the National University Extension Association at Hot Springs, Yrkansas. The ex-governor of the CBC and McGill extension head was much intrigued by the University of Kentucky's mountain radio listening center system. The University of Kentucky has for years recognized the radio as an excellent medium for the stimulation of educational, cultural and recreational activities. During the past season 15 or more educational, agricultural and musical programs have been broadcast weekly from the university studies in Lexington. It was found early in the experimental broadcasting that large sections of Kentucky lacked the facilities for receiving broadcasts, especially in the mountains. A system of radio listening centres was estab- • lished. The university provided radio receiving sets, of adequate power, and placed them under the community centre directors. This scheme has been a marked success. Do Investigate Before Buying Methods of operation of the Toronto Stock Exchange, which, he said, is a "much misunderstood institution" were outlined by Norman C. Urquhart, exchange president, to Kincardine business men at their spring banquet. ■ "I have little sympathy with anyone who buys stock without investigating," he declared. "The majority of people will buy stock on a tip and very rarely will investigate. If they did, it would greatly benefit the country." He warned against considering penny stocks as an investment and pointed out they were only a gamble. Tragedy Strikes Church Four men plunged to their deaths as they rode an elevator down the 300-foot shaft of the dome that crowns Brother Andre's $1,000,000 shrine, St. Joseph's Oratory, Montreal. The men fell to their deaths when a beam, supporting the hoist, shifted, plunging the men nearly 60 feet. The black line, ABOVE, shows where the elevator fell to the church's main floor. One of the victims plunged through the floor of the hoist and again through the wooden flooring of the church, as indicated by the broken line.