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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE ONT, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1935 UNDAY CHOOI fssom Divorce Is LESSON IV. -- July 28 AMOS (PROPHET OF SOCIAL JUSTICE).--Chapters 4 and 7. GOLDEN TEXT -- Let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. Amos 5 : 24. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time--The prophecy of Amos was given between 775 B.C. and 760 B. C, during the reign of Jeroboam II. Place--Amos was of the village of Tekoa, five miles south of Bethlehem, and • ten miles south of the city of Jerusalem. "Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand." This is, of course, only a vision given to Amos, symbolizinc the judgments that he was sent to announce. A plumb-line, as every onc knows, is a string with a weight a the end of it, dropped from the toj of a wall to determine whether the wall is strictly perpendicular, a' right angles with the foundation. "And Jehovah said unto me, Amos what seest thou? And I said, A plumb-line. Then said the Lord, Be hold, I will set a plumb-line in th; midst of my people Israel; I will no again pass by them any more." Jus', as the architect subjects a wall U the test of the plumb-line, so wii God subject Israel to the test o justice, and, just as the architec orders the destruction of a wall tha' cannot stand the test when applied so will God command that his people be destroyed because they are incurably wicked. "And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword." The high places were the local sanctuaries, usually situated on eminences, a little outside the towns to which they belonged, where the people were accustomed to worship, where an altar and generally a shrine were erected, and where sacrifices were offered. "Then Amaziath the priest of Bethel." This man was the leading ecclesiastic of his day, a sort of Archbishop of Canterbury, if we may permit ourselves a modern comparison, and responsible for the worship in the royal sanctuary. "Sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos." Note how the mere mention cf the name without description proves that the prophet was already known in Israel, perhaps was one on whom the authorities had long kept -their the minst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words." Amaziah dees n mean to charge Amos with having secret understanding with others dethrone the king, but, as the ne: shows, with using language that wi calculated to produce such a coi spiracy. "For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land." See 6 : 7. How pitiful on the part of Amaziah the priest think that driving Amos out Ishael would have any effect up the doom which God had pronounced through his prophet! "Also Amaziah said unto Amos, :hou seer." The word seer is hei used in a contemptuous sense and h; therefore to be translated by some :uch word as visionary. "Go, flee thou away into the land of Judah, ind there eat bread, and prophesy there." Amaziah implies that prophecy was a trade or profession ind insinuates that Amos is one oi hose prophets who lived upon pop- "But prophesy not again any more it Bethel: for it is the king's sanctuary and it is a royal house." There 's something infinitely pathetic in this clash of prophet and priest. The jravest and truest voice in Israel 'iad spoken and the priest attempted to stifle it. Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son." Amos di claims being a prophet by trade profession, who might, for instance, have attempted his vocation without any special fitness. "But I w; herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore trees." "And Jehovah took me from following the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel." See the first paragraph of this lesson. "Now therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not they word against the house Isaac;" 17. "Therefore thus i Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by " and thou thyself shalt die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall i ly be led away captive out of land." As a matter of fact, it about twenty-five years later when ;r III invaded Israel, .ttackeif by Shalmanezer IM NEWSPAPER AS TEXT BOOK By JOSEPH MILLER Director of Guidance,, Public Schools, Wilkes-Barre, Penn. U.S.A. Newspapers have been found better than textbooks in teaching re-< tarded over-age children in the Wilkes-Barre schools. In the average school system 7 per cent, of the pupils are considered by their teachers "as. entirely out of place in their grades," many of them, especially in the seventh grade, being as much as three years retarded in reading and mentality. Tie hopes of such pupils--and in many cases of. the school--that when they were 14 years of age the problem would solve itself by the pupils' departure from school to go to work hav9 been shattered recently by lack of jobs. Hence schools are facing the problem of how to train these children, who have not found in the present mass-education curriculum a way to develop their abilities and interests. In the city of Wilkes-Barre children of this type were placed in an ungraded class. At the beginning of the school year several of them were seen reading newspapers surreptitiously and were asked by the teacher to read the article to the whole class. As the whole group showed a great interest, a copy of the same edition was provided for every pupil, and the . newspapers were tried as a basis for a whole curriculum. This proved to be a successful means of transmitting many facts | which had been unattractive to the pupils when presented to them in regular textbooks. There is hardly a news item which does not bear on the life these pupils live at the present time or will live in the future. News from various cities and state; of their own country as well as news from foreign countries suggested many a lesson in geography and history. The concept of history ' became more vital to the pupils when they realized that many an item they read in the paper today would be pils acquainted with modern literature. Features suggested lessons in science, biography, physics and chemistry. Reports on concerts offered lessons in music appreciation and history. Problems of economics were suggested by the news of Wins Spanish Contest - of t --and sometin Senorita Carmen G< dark-eyed, raven-haired Spanish beauty, smiles happily after being acclaimed "Miss Theater of 1935" in nation-wide beauty* contest held recently in Spain. The judges found that she was most typical of Spain's idea of beauty among the thousands who vied for the honor. 20 7 Be in Style - Crocket Your Matching Accessories Says Laura Wheeler Thomas Loel Guiness, Conservative M.P., and his bride, formerly the Hon. Joan Yarde-Buller, aLthe time of their wedding eight years ago. Notice of their pending' divorce is filed. Interesting-^ Wedding CROCHETED ACCESS Carry the color and decoration of your beret to your dress in a matching belt. Cool--comfortable--yet smart--that is what you'll find this beret. And Dame Fashion loves them just as much as we do. In this one,, she sounds her newest note--the beret that is worn straight without the usual draping to the side. Of course, you can wear it just as it's most becoming--it permits adjusting. The lacy design of both beret and belt--that's what makes for cool comfort--is accented by the popcorns. You can make the set in either string or yarn--either is effective. Pattern 1002 comes to you with detailed directions for making the set shown; illustrations of it and of all stitches used; material requirements. Send 20 cents in stamps or coin (coin preferred) for this pattern to Needlecraft Dept., Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide St. W. Toronto. "Shooting The Sun" MacBrien, photographed on the lawn at the it father, Major-General Sir James H. MacBi Mounted Police Commissioner, Ottawa, after took place recently at Christ Church, Aylmer, is a son of Colonel and Mrs. George Patterso The bride is widely known for her dramatic w. claimed not only as an actress of ; note but director of considerable talent and appeared Juliet," playing opposite Lord Duncannon, son eral. Mr. Murphy has also appeared League productions. sidence of the latter's :-ien, Royal Canadian their marriage, which Que. The bridegroom n Murphy, of Ottawa, ark. She has been ac-also a producer and last in "Romeo and of the Governor-Gen-Ottawa Drama Mrs. Edith Lingge, wife of a steam schooner captain, who pires to her* own master's papers, uses a frying pan filled with mo ses a a substitute for the sea horizon in "shooting the sun" exerc at Emergency Education Pogram's school in navigation courses San Francisco, Cal. Due to its reflection and viscosity, the : lasses makes a "constant" artificial horizon. "When A Lassie Meets A Laddie Coming- Rochelle Hudson