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unday chooLesson LESSON II. The Sin of Adam and Eve Genesis 3: 1--4: 26 Printed Text--Genesis 3: 1--IS Golden Text--The soul that sinneth, it shall die.--Ezekiel 18: 4. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time.--We do not know when the temptation of our first parents took place. The date commonly given s about 4000 B.C. All we know is that there were no human people before Adam and Eve and all mankind on earth today descends from them. Place.--The Garden of Eden, the exact location of wriich is not known. "Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made." --That more than the serpent was present is suggested by the speech and the reasoning powers displayed, but it is rendered certain by a comparison of Rev. 12: 9 and 20: 2, where the serpent is identified with Satan. That Satan was the real tempter is additionally assured by John 8: 44; 2 Cor. 11: 3; 1 Tim. 2: 14; 1 John 3: 8. "And he said unto the woman." --The tempter addresses the woman as the more susceptible and unguarded of the two creatures he would betray. Undoubtedly, the woman was alone, and, while the point need not be stressed, it is when we are alone that temptation most powerfully assails us. "Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?"-- Satan begins his temptation, and this should be most carefully noticed by attacking the word of God. "And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat. But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die."--To begii with, the woman made a great mis take in arguing with Satan.' She should have deliberately demanded that he leave her presence--Be subject, therefore, unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (James 4: 7). As soon a; begin to argue with Satan about the word of God, we shall be compromising with the sin into which he would lead us. history; others were soon to follow. This denial sounds as strong as possible: the brevity and completeness of the expression make the contradiction absolute. "For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be ?.s God, knowing good and evil." -- Satan here appeals to the woman's Eride, and, at the same time, leads er to almost hate God, for having as he would insist, cheated her of life's highest privileges. Satan promised her two things if she would eat of this tree: that her eyes should be opened, and that she would be as God, in that she would know good and evil. Satan himself had fallen from his high place in heaven because he attempted to be as God. (Isa. 14: 12--14; 2 Thess. 2: 4). "And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise."--St. John speaks of "the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the vainglory of life" (1 John 2: 16). The first is here to be found in the phrase, "good for food"; the second in the phrase, "a delight to the eyes"; and the last in the phrase "to be desired to make one wise." Christ's three-fold temptation in the Wilderness involved these three ele- "She took of the fruit thereof, and did eat."-- She did this deed. Satan did not do it for her, the tree did not do it, the garden did not do it, her environment and circumstances did not do it, and God did not do it. It was surely not her heredity that led her to do this deed. This deed was her own personal, willful, responsible act, and the blame of it must rest on her forever. "And she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat." --Eve v.as given to Adam as a help-toieet: instead she hcye exercises her power over Adam, and takes advantage of his love and high regard for her in leading him into the same Sin in which she had just indulged. There was every reason in the world iwhy Eve should not have yielded to this temptation. She was not bound Ipy any previous habits of indulgence. God had distinctly given her » command not to do what she did igo. God had given her a command for life. The temptation came through an animal beneath her, not Jhrough an angel above her, and, finally, there was not the slightest threat on the part of Satan to force her into this sin. "And the eyes of them both were opened.." -- Thus far the promise of Satan was kept, but never did Eve dream that the consequences of her sin would be what she now discovered them to be. "And they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made for themselves aprons."--A sense of shame, a con-sciousnes' of guilt now possessed our first parents, who, up to this day, knew nothing but innocence. They had a knowledge of sin, of personal guilt, of broken law which was never to leave the human heart, and never will until the redeemed ones of God are in glory. "And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God among the trees of the garden." -- The voice of the Lord which they heard in the garden was either "the noise of his foosteps (cf. Lev. 26: 12; Deut. 23: 14; 2 Sam. 5: 24); or the thunder that accompanied his approach (cf. Ex. 9: 23; Job 37: 4, 5; Psalm 29: 3, 9.); for the sound of his voice, as Calvin and others think; or, probably, all four." And Eve hid themselves between the trees of the garden, because they knew they were guilty of sin and had disobeyed God, who was now approaching them. "And Jehovah God called untc the man, arid said unto him, When art thou?"--This is one of the saddest and yet most precious verses in the Bible. It is the first question ever asked by God in the Holy Scriptures, and it was asked, not that God did not know where his sinning creatures were, but that he might get them to confess where they were. "And he said, I heard thy in the garden, and I was afraid."-- This is the first occurrence of the word "fear" in the Bible. It will be found again and again as human hi tory is recorded. But the voice from heaven, often through angels, and, ultimately, through the Lord Jesus Christ, is 'fear not*, providing man accepts God's gracious redemp- maire "nrsf wofdHto the divine record goes, was a lie. Man did not hide hmiself because he was naked, for he was created naked, and often before this he had fellowship with God and never had thought of hiding. Furthermore, in this case, he was not naked, for he had devised for himself a covering to hide his nakedness. The truth was that he hid himself because he had sinned, and was afraid of God, but he would not acknowledge it. "And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?" Thus God at once points to Adam to the true cause of his nakedness and intimates God's cognizance of his transgression. "And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat." It is cowardly of Adam to attempt to blame Eve for his fall, as if Eve's giving him of the fruit of the tree was any reason why Adam should have partaken of it. "And Jehovah God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat." Let particular attention be paid to what the woman said regarding her sin: The serpent beguiled me. Literally this word means deceived, and clearly indicates that Eve knew she had been tricked by the devil, and that she had not obtained by her sin the things which Satan had promised her. Every man can testify that sin is tha great deceiver. "And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou above all cattle and above every beast of the field, upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shall thou eat all the days of thy life." The serpent is allowed no trial. This is not Satan's initial sin. This senterce has a literal application to the serpent. The curse of the serpent lies in a more grovelling nature thna that of the other land animals. This appears in its going on its belly and its eating the dust. "And I will put- enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.' This is the first promise and prophecy of Christ in the Scriptures and, as Dr. A. T. Pierson well said: As the oak is germinating in the acorn, and the eagle in the egg, all subsequent Messianic pi > heci < of the Old Testament are here in germ. There is sacredly added, in the whole fterglow of such prophecy, one idea that is absolutely ne-'-, other predictions growing out of and expand- Attacks Court P THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, fcOLBORNE, ONT., APRIL 8th,_1937. Peril to Democrat: Dr. Harold W. Dodds, president of Pri the Senate Judiciary Committee that he -- - a first step tow m ovse-radio ■gossip - Bt DOROTHY ZZZlb Edgar Bergen, the ventriloquist has become such a favorite on Rudy Vallee radio hour, has job the wonderful array of comics, oneira singers and dancers that Sam Cild-wyn has lined up for his Goldwyn Follies. .Bergen's skill as a vent's^ on his mother, making strange\voices call to her from various parts lof the room. Later he worked his/ way through Northwestern UnivV^sity giving shows at college parties. Apparently Sam Goldwyn won't happy until he signs up simply one of note in the entertainmej world for his Follies company. OvJ in London he has put Vera Zorii sensationally successful young balh ina, under contract. You may ha|e seen her in person, for last year the year before she toured the United States, playing in one hundred and ten cities with the Monte Carlo ballet company. She won't just dance in Goldwyn pictures, but will be groomed as a dramatic player. Jane Withers just dares any kidnapper to come around her house threatening her . In addition to her usual bodyguard, a T e x a s Ranger who looks as if he could rout an army single-' » J h u ded, her father ^^fMf^Lm is usuauv around and he has been j, sworn in as a depu-f> -•Pp ' I ty sheriff, complete with guns. Furthermore, there is an electric signal beside her bed which rings a bell in all the police stations near Beverly Hills. Everybody is betting that the mischievous Jane will never be able to resist pushing the button just-once, just to see the police come dashing to her rescue. ODDS AND ENDS: Janet Gaynor slipped out of Hollywood and went to New York for a vacation, and now she says she won't came back until she can play in a comedy . . . Skip-py, the famous wire-haired terrier whom you knew as Asta in "The Thin Man" pictures, has a big part in the R-K-0 picture, "China Passage" . . . Joan Crawford has launched a new style, wearing old-fashioned bead bracelets that match the color and design of her print dresses . . . Sonja Henie cancelled the rest of her personal appearance tour and hurried back to Hollywood to make pictures. Maybe the rumor that Ty-Power was rushing other girls had something to do with her impale to return . . . Bobby Breen is going to star in a new radio serial called "The Singing Rid" for National Broadcasting . . . Another program to watch for is Paramount'* Sunday morning hour that will he Cost of Living Shows Slow Upward Trend OTTAWA--The cost-of-living index of the Department of Labor continued its gentle upward trend in February, the coming issue of the Labor Gazette will show. The cost per week of a family budget of staple foods, fuel, lighting and rent was calculated at $17.12, as compared to $17.04 in January, $16.58 for February 1936, $16 for February 1935, $15.41 for June 1933 and $22.12 for February 1930. 'The wholesale price index was 83 at the end of February, compared to 81.6 at the end of January, iron and steel and certain non-ferrous metals. The wholesale index was 72.5 in February 1936, 71.8 in February 1935, 63.5 in February, 1933 and 93.9 in February 1930. Farm Problems Conducted by PROFESSOR HENRY G. BELL ,ith the co-operation of the various departments of Ontario Agricultural College QUESTION:--"What is considered the best way to handle manure so as to get the most out of it? Someone advised us to leave the manure in the barnyard until you could draw it out and plow it under. We have a spreader, and this year we drive up on the pile with the horse and stone-boat every day and as there is not much straw in it the pile is frozen too much to use a spreader like I see some farmers doing this winter. Would it be better not to drive on it so it could heat, and be able to draw it out frequently?"-- A. S. G., Oxford County. ANSWER:--Regarding the handling of manure: If you can keep it fairly well compacted in the barnyard, so that the liquid manure is not lost, you will retain the largest amount of plantfood in it. I believe it is all right for you to drive on the manure pile to keep it fairly well compacted. If you have the labor to take it out in the Spring, as soon as the weather will permit, you should get good results by handling it this way. QUESTION:--1. What would you recommend for top dressing of Fall wheat this Spring (Fall application of 150-200 lbs. of 2-12-10). What is the most economical and effective --Ammo-Phos. Cyanamid, Sulphate of Ammonia, and Nitrate of Soda? 2. Is it possible that a sandy clay loam with lime stones in it can be lacking the very lime necessary for plant growth? 3. Could 1 expect, under fair growing conditions, a good yield of barley by using about 4-25-20 in available plantfood in fertilizer on light sandy clay loam, high, western slope along the river, the soil not very productive, plowed last summer. To add some more nitrogen and kill the mustard, I intend to top dress with 50 lbs. of Cyanamid. Would like to know if this would be very harmful to the barley? 4. Has Cyanamid any advantage over Sulphate of Ammonia? Can it be mixed with Superphosphate and Muriate of Soda. Nitrate of Soda is immediately soluble and ther danger that you may lose somi it if heavy rains come immediately after it is applied. Sulphate of Am- monia is likewise soluble, but to a large extent has to wait until the soil warms up sufficiently for bacterial action to change the Sulphate form, of Ammonia to Nitrate in which form it is taken up by the crop. Sulphate of Ammonia is a little slower than Nitrate of Soda, and the results are prolonged. Ammo-Phos would add Phosphoric acid, as well as Nitrogen, which you have already added in the 12 per cent in your 2-12-10. Cyanamid gives best results if^it is worked into the damp soil, therefore I would recommend it as a top dressing for 2. I have known soils with limestones in them to be lacking in available lime for crops, but this is not usually the case. Would it not be well to send us a sample of the soil (about Vi pint) so that we may test it and tell you whether it needs lime or does not. Mail the sample in a little cotton bag, addressing it to the Department of Chemistry, O.A.C., Guelph, Ont. Please write me at the same time as you send the sample. There is no charge for the testing. 3. 4-25-20 would be a well balanced fertilizer for barley. It is a little higher than double 2-12-10, and 2-12-10 has been found in our tests and by many others to be best adapted for production of malting barley on a medium to sandy loam A top-dressing with 50 lbs, Cyanamid to kill mustard would be in the right direction. It will not be permanently harmful to the growing barley. It may turn a few of the leaves yellow, but the added nitrogen will help the barley recover from this temporary setback very rapidly. 4. Cyanamid carries 22 lbs. of nitrogen and 10 lbs. of lime to the 100 lbs. It is therefore distinctly alkaline in its action on the soil, while Sulphate of Ammonia is decidedly acid in its action on the soil. Cyanamid cannot be mixed in large quantities with Superphosphate. If it is so mixed, the lime of the Cyanamid will revert or turn back the soluble phosphate in the Superphosphate to the • insoluble form. Cyanamid can be mixed with Muriate of Potash without any ill The London fire department answers approximately 4,200 dal s annually, and nearly one-half of these are false alarms or malicious calls. Cleaning the Interior stonework of York Cathedral will occupy twenty years. These are portions of the building that haven't been cleaned for 600 years. Princess Sbyilla of Sweden And Her Daughters This rsicture of the family of Prince Gust af of Sweden was made on the occasion of the tap-tcf his infant daughter Princess Birgitta. Photo shows: Princess Sibylla of Sweden (wife of ir>: e Gustaf Adolf) with her daughter Princess Margarets and the infant Princess Birgitta. lh» newly-christened Princess is a great-grandmother of the Duke of Connausrht, form-sr Governor-General of Cans.*^-