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HE We SHON SON STUDY INTERNATIONAL LESSON, : DECEMBER 18. . hai ---- Rowen. XI. The Great Commission, | Matt, 28. 16-20; Luke 24. 36-53. - Golden Text: Matt. 28,20. Verse 16. But 'the eléven--The statement, of the number shows that | at | all 'of the remaining disciples were i true and full of faith. Unto the mountain where Jesus had appoi tain is not; knows. one. in Jared | himself . to. his deciles. before he. goods, 2 o make flaky pie - d shortening are eli mixed several spoonfuls and put side before adding water, nd. uchess" is now ng as a Red oss nurse. _ The suffrage « campaign in England 'has cost the lives of 30 women. London suffragettes have formed friar iE {a women's volunteer police force. No woman except qualified nurses epper will be allowed ab "the front in ot France. t it is very moist, bowl | being taught how to knit by the wo- | ake rl men nl that country. Wounded soldiets in Fronds. are The universities _of both Sedan [wn and Russia are open to women on qual with men. - nce receiving municipal suf- over 28,000 African women egistered in Johannesburg. fomen in Norway are now repre- ted in every profession except iesthood and army. POSH women have been Offered ht of suffrage if they will al- Shere I sixteen-year-old sons to Hay Payne Whitney has J Apia in Trance for the' | repeating to went to a Doubtless it was a known rendezvous, and for r #| the disciples nopded no closer desig- na tion, C1 And when they saw him He was still some distance. away; as the next verse says, He "came to them." Some: recognized him at) once and worshiped him. Others were not 80 sure a But when Jesus had bome, Jesus dispels doubt. 18. Saying, All sathorll: hath been given unto me in heaven and --As some of the disciples appeared ii at first, Jone gave them a recognition b LAN what they had him say before. He was not | tem; boastful of tr this power. 'It was a statement for the assurance of the disciples made when he was living with them. It was'doubly assuring | car to them now as he came from the dead, and was in the nature of a password which would authenticate his identity. 19. Go ye therolote---ds Jesus had all power, dn) us as he was ready to communicate this to his disciples, thére was only one thin, read this power over the So er Bay iz ng them into the name of the i J of the 'Son and of the Holy Spirit--All the peculiar | and special Jewish rites by which communion 'with the church was to be secured ate tacitly Begatived. by Tope when 'he emphasizes baptism on 20. Teaching them--Not 'orthodox opinion, but right living. No opin- ion or creed can be orthodox if it | yh, does not constrain men to ohserve all thin _whatedever which Jesus commanded, And lo, I am "with you always, even 2, unto the oud of the world-- A be comtinu- and Jesus Oe tes ence an ever-renewed power to joch right li the Wake of the Battle in Belgium. pow tells the story of a great Jue, This picture was "taken be- ypical of 'existing conditions. Every farmhou 8 of military equipment, is lying about, religion of the law-givers and pro- phets ad needed but. the coming of {the Christ to give them universal application and force. + 48. Ye awe witnesses of these "| things--The 'Scriptures, in effect, were confirmed before the eyes of the disciples. They had seen and heard and knew. Jesus is careful to emphasize this fact. 49. 1 send forth the promise of my Father upon: you--The Spirit spe. ken of in prophetic oracles (Isa. 44 1; Joel 2, 28). "But tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power from on high --A time of waiting and meditation was highly desirable until the diséi- ples could bring" themselves into "| such an attitude of devotion and fidelity that they could be endued with power from on High. 50. And he led them out--Jesus did not leave his disciples alone as soon. as he had given them their commission. He went forth with | them, continuing his companionship 'until they were over against Beth- any. How many days he was there with them we do mot know. We 'may tbe sure that it was a'time of jessed communion, } 'While he blessed them--1It rd seem that Jesus did not leave his disciples willingly. He remained to the last moment. And when he finally departed, he gave them a special blessing. This parting of Jesus from his close -associates is described so naturally that one feels he is in the presence 'of an actual occurrence. "83, And were continually in the temple--Not: only in actual temple, but in the temple of the soul. They were worshiping God in the inmost depths of their souls, ee about with them always lessing of God. es CEREMONY OF FRIEND SHIP. A Missionary's Experience With an African Chief. In the Tittle African village of Maduda, Dr. Gabriel R. Maguire, missionary and lecturer, underwent a cross-examinttiony and tock part in a state ceremony that probably has few counterparts in the modern world. Doctor Maguire, the stery of whose adventure aopears in For- est 'and Stream, reached Maduda after a long march through the jungle and across the first plateau. On my arrival at the village. he says; 1 was met by Munkamaduda, © chief of the tribe, a sinewy fel- low, seven feet in height, who had never before seen a white face. He first asked, through my interpreter, whether I was a white man. Al though the reply is obvious, the chief did not appear to be thorough- |: iy. satisfied with it: He seemed to be: under the impression that I was 'spirit, he was very much con- 'cerned whether I had ever hal a r. When he had satisfied him- nl that score, he asked if 1 had er. He then wanted to know thi as tall as I, and on use and cottage is reduced i ems Te -------- he "returned, accompanied fy his chief adviser, and I saw at oice that T was tobe put through another oross-examination, The foreman was first to come to a definite con- clusion regarding my dissimilarity to other men he had seen. He made the remarkable discovery that the feet of the white man were black, and that he did not have any toes. In order to disillupion him, I re- moved my shoes and stockings, re- vealing the five toes on each foot. Both the chief and foreman, who had been holding a seriéus discus- sion about my pedal extremities, seemed perfectly satisfied after a careful inspection. Assured that my migsion was a peaceful one, the po- tentate and his henchmanmade ar- rangements for eating the dish of peace' on the following day, 2 Attended by his followers, the chief appeared at the appointed time, and the natives, forming themselves into a circle round the chief and myself, waited with great solemnity for the ceremony to be consummated. The first glance at the dish of peace was nearly enough to make me prefer. war. It was eomposed of cooked field rats; and théy were not fresh field rats at that. They had grown putrid with age, and they were surrounded by a mess of beans that was almost equally uninviting. 1 steeled my- self for the ordeal. The chief rais- ed some of the beans to his mouth, and, smacking his lips with pleas- ure, said something which my in- terpreter informed = me meant, "'Peace to the white man! peace! peace! peace!" In sheer despera- tion, I ate some of the beans, and replied, "Peace to the black man! peace! peace! peace!' : The chief then ate some of the meat, and waited for me to do the same; but it was a little more than .I could stand, even for the sake of peace. I told him, through my interpreter, that the white man never ate rats, but that he would drink the cup of peace. To my great relief, the chief was willing to accept this compro- mise, and the - cup of peace was quaffed, thus ending the ceremony. . he. Advice to Spy-Hunters. A little advice which will be very useful for spy-hunters was recently given in a French newspaper. Of- fer the suspected man a glass of beer with a fly in it. If he re- fuses to drink it and asks for a fresh glass, he is an Englishman. If he picks the fly ont, and then drinks the beer, he is a Frenchman, but. if he drinks beer, fly 'and all, be sure he is a German: She-<Did you have trouble wih our French when you were aris ? He--1I didn' t, but the Parisians did. ' 'The number of women who real: ly care about the vote," declares a writer, "is about equal to the num- |" ber of men who like to put the baby to sleep."' : ---- x thought of saving a cent 0; Ee a and it fights a see- 4 bF Cig d Finnish fisherien. cne of the islands commanding the entrance = of - Lake Ladoga, the Swedes maintained a strong fort ress. Peter the Great, realizing | the advantages of the position, waged a relentless war for the pos- seesion of thess little islands, In 1703, 'the Swedes were driven from the Fortress, and, even before peace was established, Peter gave orders for the erection of the city, which he named after his patron saint. Tle building ard maintenance of St. Petersburg mark a continuous struggle with nature, The soil is'a marsh so deep and spongy that a solid foundation in many pl can only be attained by a subterranean scaffolding of piles. . The highest spot of the eity is mot more than fifteen feet above the sea. The weather is severe--bitter frosts in winter and scourging heat in sum- mer. For six months each year the Neva is frozen solidly. An old legend has it that after Peter the Great chose the site of Petrograd, he noticed a heavy ring above the trunk of a tree. He turned to one of the Finnish fisher- men who sticod near, and asked him to explain the meaning of it. '"That,"' replied the fisherman, is the spot to which the floods of the Neva reached last spring." "You're mad!' shouted Peter. "You're mad! It can't be! It is impossible |" It was not long, however, before he was convinced of the truth of the fisherman's statement. One. year after the work on the city had begun, the western winds drove the water -from the Gulf of Finland * down to the Neva. In 1712, the floods were so severe that Peter the Great nearly lost his life. usands of people died, and the city was nearly destroyed. Peter, however, was undismayed by the misfortune, and urged on the work more eagerly than ever. Every building had to be construct ed in a manner suited to the dig- nity of a national capital, and St. Petershurg was proclaimed the capital of Russia. Notwithstanding the beauty of ihe city, the people for many years could not accustom themselves to regard it as the capital. By cen- turies of tradition they had come to look on Moscow as the only capital Russia ever could possess. It is am interesting fact that none of Russia's pc have ever spoken of the city as anything but Petro- grad. It was Pushkin who, bemoaning the fate of Moscow, said, "Before the néw capital, Petrograd, Moscow bows her head as an imperial widow bows before a young czarina." & -- A Bridge of the Dead. "Let me tell you an incident which will give you some idea of how the Germans respect their dead," said an escaped prisoner in France. "On the second day of our captivity we saw with our own eyes a bridge which they had made over a stream. There were no Sappers with the party, and no wopd : other materials out of which . . bridge could be made in the 'ordin- ary way. So they sank the' bodies. of their dead to the bed: of ::ithe stream, fastening weights to them to keep them in place. I myself saw them put fifteen bodies"in"the wa- ter, till the top one : stood well above the surface. Then next these another tier, and so 'on, {ill ' the | gruesome causeway was. broad 'enough for an infantry division to cross. I give you my word "that, awful as it seems, that was what I saw and my friend here, who was with me, will tell you that there is no word of exaggeration in what T saw.' "Chances of Living. Alfred J. Lotka, in the Scientific American; makes an interesting calculation of a man's chances of ting through the war. He sup- poses an army of 250,000 men, who | pacage 10 ina battle and lose 50,000 , wounded. The ranks are ond battle with 'similar losses, It oes on and fights five such bait ig rank being filled up as before each battle. At the end of fifth battle Shere aL be