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June 17. Lesson Xl--The Crucifixion ~~ =--Mark 15: 26, 38-30. Golden, : Text--God commendeth his love to- ward us, In that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.--Rom. 5: 8. SUBJECT. { CHRIST'S DEATH AND THE PASSING OF THE OLD WORLD, INTRODUCTION--The lesson to-day is | deified taken up with the last tragic scenes in| the ea istory of the Son of God, the crucfixion and the desolation of the last: hours preceding his release. No event in all the world's history has #0 moved the imagination and heart of |' humanity, or created so glorious a * hope as the event depicted here, What to the world's eye appears as disaster and defeat justifies itself in the spirit as the supreme victory of reconciling love. God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, and instituting a new world-age. Of this fact, which constitutes the final significance of the death of Christ, there are two hints at the close of the lesson. The first is in v. 88, where we read that at Jesus' death the veil of the Temple was rent in two. This represents symbolically the end of the Jewish dispen- sation, and the passing of the glory of God fronf the Jewish ritual to the cross of Jesus. The second hint is the Gentile centurion's exclamation in v. 89. This is prophetic of the wider world's response to the appeal of Jesus Christ. Rejected by his own nation, Jesus becomes the Lord of a new humanity, which recognizes in him the supreme hero to whom its worship and reverence belong. V. 22. Golgotha, so called from its configuration which resembled a skull, lay outside of the city walls, as they were at that time. Subsequently the extension of the city to the North led to the inclusion of the spot within the ~ city boundaries, The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which for many cen- turies has been thought to mark the Teighhoriood, lies well within the walls. V. 28. The offering to crucified per- sons of wine containing an infusion of myrrh was a measure dictated by com- passion. The cup was designed as an opiate to induce a certain dulling of the senses during the long-drawn-out agony of death by crucifixion. Certain charitable persons would make them- selves responsible for seeing that the opiate was administered to the cruci- fied Jesus. But Jesus refused the draught. In the utterness of his self- surrender he would not consent to any drugging of his pain. V. 24. At the foot of the cross there goes on the procedure customary on such occasions, the dividing of the prisoner's clothes among the soldiers of the guard. V. 25. The hour when the crucifixion began is exactly recorded. It was 9 a.m., "The third hour," by the Jew- ish reckoning. V. 26. It was the custom to affix to the cross a public notice stating for what erime the condemned person suf- fered. In Jesus' case the inscription was, "The King of the Jews." What- ever mocking significance his Jewish or Roman critics attached to this "sup- erscription," it expressed the final truth of the matter for those who, like his disciples, had seen into the mean- ing of that sovereign life of love which was now ending. V. 34. Jesus lingered in life from 9 a.m., when they crucified him, till 3 .m., when the end came. Immediate- before the end there came from his lips the parting cry of dereliction, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" The words are Aramaic, and echo the open- ing verse of Psalm 22. There mean- ing is, "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?" What signifi- cance is to be attached to thi¢ last dying utterance of the Son of Man? Some have reasoned from the cry that Jesus had hoped till now that God would intervene to save him and to re- veal him as the Messiah. But it would be surely truer to see in the cry, and in the agony the words express, the last dread' reality of the surrender which Jesus for our sakes made to death. His sacrifice for ts involved and included this final sense of for- pakenness by the Father. He was ken in -our--stead; just -as-in-our stead he suffered. Vs. 85-37. A misinterpretation by the bystanders of his dying words'is mentioned. The Jewish expectation of Elijah return would be familiar even to Roman soldiers in Palestine, and accounts for their callous words at this juncture. A moment after, Jesus expired. V. 88. Attention has been ealled above to the religious significance of the symbolical episode here recorded. ans ; of Holies for the abiding glory of the divine ut to the face of Jesus Cl re 2 Cor, 8:18 and . 39, The testimony of the Gentile centurion is also of t interest. He claims when Jesus dies: "Surely this man was a Son of God." "Son on heathen lips would mean hero or person, and the centurion's words are indicative of the supreme 'place in worship and reverence which Jesus was soon to acquire in the Greco-Roman world. ce, st (com! Lota Shuttlewick Cha Chancey McCormick at the National ee i SL li St THIS BULL SOLD FOR $15,500 = mpion, a prize Guernsey bull, was purchased by Mrs, Guernsey Sale 'held at Hinsdale, IIL | Picture shows him at Napierville Farm of the McCormieks. l sudden han been _ expected to cough. ¢ cause a real letics are as good students as the Fo to 'the results of a Kindly Treatment Shows in Profits Humane Care of Sheep Said to Put Money in Pockets of Wool Growers Humane care for sheep is, in ad- dition to the ethical considerations of "kindness to animals," a paying pro- position, declares a leaflet prepared and published by the American Hu- mane Education Society at its head- quarters in Boston. Consideration for the comfort of sheep, and. especially lambs, has be- come particularly important with the growth of the custom of shearing early in the year, it is said. "If exigencies of trade require sheep to be shorn early in the spring, then shelter should be given to keep the creatures warni, the society advises. Food and water should be supplied ¢ till nature sends the juicy grasses for FOR SMART OCASIONS them to nibble. Good care is a vital A delightful printed Pussy Willow factor in its bearing upon the dev@lop- silk dress, with fashionable tiered ment of the sheep industry, and its skirt, that can be worn for street, yet importance cannot be overemphasized. is dainty enough for 'any smart after-| "Four humane reasons as well as noon The long-waisted bodice with for financial reasons care should be square neckline and applied bands taken to keep sheep in, dry places; forming deep V at front, of plain always provide shelter in winter from harmonizing silk crepe, slenderize the wind, rain and snow, and in summer figure. Design No. 807 is attractive!some kind of shelter where they can and serviceable, made of wool crepe, {80 out of the sun." two surfaces of-crepe satin or geor-| Valué is pointed out in the practice gette crepe. Pattern is obtainable in among the better growers of sheep sizes 11, 18 and 20 years, 36, 38, 40,| of feeding grain from four to six 42 and 44 inches bust measure. Size weeks in spring before turning the 36 requires 43% yards of 40-inch ma-|animals out to pasture, and of being terial with 3% yards of 1%-inch rib- careful not to leave the sheep in rough, bon. Price 20¢ the pattern. 'stony pastures too late in the sea: HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS, |8on. Write your name and address plain. On western ranges it is said that ly, giving number and size of such making sure sheep have plenty of water as well as extra food when the | buffalo grass is scarce or covered with snow puts money in the pockets of n sheep-owners. ee et * . Make Pies in Your Muffin Pans Ra tt --- Muffins can be put to many uses in addition to the one which gives them their name. A writer in the current issue of "Successful Farming" speak- ing of her own muffin pans says that they "are algo used for baking cup cakes, 'clover leaf' rolls and for tiny pies for the lunch boxes. "Little new |: apple ~turnovers;" "she writes, "and tiny mince and pumpkin pies are made in a twinkling. In the spring I fill my pans with maple sugar, making little cakes just the right size to send to distant friends. I also use them for gelatine molds, and when you are making pressed beef or chick just Gar ed = local university, in college of 256 bi, Bo the class| of '26. It was found that the athletes ' in 'the class Had'a higher intelligence | rating, that a larger p tage of athletes obtained degrees, that groups carried approximately same number of hours, and that the athletes had a higher total average grade for the four ht It was found also that members of ¥ | the OW, ar fre; lower than: one-sport | The conchugion drawn by George y gnducted the survey, is that "athletics have not harmed the academic work of the athletes." fill your muffin pans and you have the nicest little rounds of pressed meat to lay on your platter. When you have company for breakfast, don't fry eggs in the 'spider,' but melt a bit of butter in each muffin cup, drop in an egg, Season and bake a few minutes in a moderate oven." , One reason why so few recognize opportunity is beacuse 1t\{s disguised as hard work. 4 There are, of course, Portuguese East Africa is the loca- tion of the newest ofl gusher. When gas sands were struck at 1,325 feet & American syndicate immedlately up derwrote a §$ ploitation. --_ patterns as you want. Enclose 20¢ in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for egth number and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by return mail. Don't Worry About Discolored Pots When you cook tomatoes or any other acid food in an aluminum pot and the brownish or black discolora- tion comes off the pot into the water, don't be afraid of poisoning, comforts Milo Hastings in the current "Physi- cal Culture," "This discoloration," he says, "is an iron compound that forms in an aluminum pot from boil- ing water or alkaline foods in it. Then when acid foods are boiled in the pot, the discoloration comes off, and we eat it. We would have eaten "it just the same if We were using any other kind of pot, but we wouldn't have believed we had eaten it. Seeing is believing, and so many a woman scours and scours to get off the pot the visible evidence of something she would have eaten without knowing it if she had €ooked in agateware. And if she had cooked the tomatoes in an iron skillet, she would have eaten. 'steen times more of the same thing." young couple spent their hone Africa, to Londan. MUTT AND JEFF--Bud Fisher. Away From Rice and (_-- HAD MONEYMOON IN THE CLOUDS Lieut. and Mrs. Bentley on thefr arrival at Croydon Aerodrome. The ymoon in the air on a flight from Cape Town, ures d today by the registrar jof scholastic: averages of fraternities and athletic teams during the last term. The average of varsity letter men was a fraction of a point higher than that of the undergraduates as a whole. The tennis team led with a ark of approximately 75 per cent! swimming team was second, rifle' ird and track fourth. 'The football | team was lowest on the list with a' mark slightly under 70 per cent. rT | ture, and Hubby: You winked at Tom this: afternoon. 3 i Wifey: Well, I believe in "an eye for an eye" --and he winked first. enement (Cons): { tical or practical sense, approve of Mr. Euler's e Civil Service Commis-! © are not questioning the nary competence and honesty of ® commis 3 th Ives. But, | in this age lof specialization, one must admit that'they cannot hope to kffow everything which it is necessary to know to ju candidates ¢ posts ih a bu department blic Work at the Cu: know far should be § both can adjust itself very soon even to the - |ers. © the 0 fon, who demanded a poliey alia should aim at enabling every fat Aly fn en give it vitality. ) mines, but the violet rays from the sun, supply the energy. - these the body becomes subject to lassitude that is the sure enemy of ambition. Hundreds of people are for tonics. are "run down" and they are making hurried trips to' the family tor. But the doctors are not worried. realize that sunshine is needed and no one will feel quite up to his usual standard untfl "fed * with some good strong rays from Old Sol. The human body is so wonderful, however, it was pointed out, that it lack of sunshine. And years could pass. without ever seeing the sun, such as happens often to men who go into | the mine for the long hours during the day. If this continued was, conjectured. On the other hand; as stated too much sunshine down, is" 225 roubles ght. world and the just as emervating an effect, enough. So that in India, where ple are literally drenched with th This conclusion is borne out in Pe gums rays, they are sometimes found} he very lethargic, Three Acres and a Cow Britain "Quietly and with relentless effi) ency, building societies are re overcrowding. They are maki tain cleaner, healthier and They are creating men of 'pr and investing them afresh with love of home This st Jlmony to what \i8 be a letter to the Ni Building Sociéties: Mr. Lloyd George 0 q sons for his optimism. The 'Wia1 W gets of British building socieMes now exceed £200,000,000. {Since they came into existence they Ra gitbled 2- 000,000 families to- : That mea fa; SOME home-own: , coury ing five peo- ing of Georgi of national 3 ity, membership, as measuring instinct to own, and "past achfy ments, not as so many thousands © es, but as so many homes, each {ing hearth-side. happiness and Cc thi aroun can lie profitably used, 1 tax wa yea to w! efi seemed to It the fantastic Jesse Collings, a member of in being brought nearer to-day by the eficent activities oft he building to which Mr. Lloyd George Chvthtoen Setvncs : Lo land to become pi MUTT, MITT me! I'VE JUST PERFECTED ANOTHER INVELITION THAT will -MAke Kid EDtson SIT UP AND oBseRus! 7 WORD, JEFF, "HOW CAN Nou MAKe § 3 including thelr own, Mr. acres and a cow. This polley |; They believe that they |in the rs' R f a month--about $112. There is no question of personal accumulation of wealth. As a of fact, compared with. our leaders and those of some other eoun- tries that I have chanced to'meet in my time I rank them as high as any-- more earnest, more thoughtful and sis pe: cere, more capable of thinking--an : that is the highest ¢ ment that can pay them." PENCE a Conditions to-day in Russia; accord- ing to Mr. Dreiser, are better than in | the pre-war period, the workers have a better deal than elsewhere in the = downtrodden nor exploited. Re But as for the alm of the Soviet Union, to.aholish every social class, of the result ; even conceive of a isle ety any more than I can ! feoncetve of life without variations' and distinctions, if aid "Is the ditch-digger any less & ditch | digger or any less; unimportant for ,. being one in Communist: Russia than. ould elsewhere.be the case? Never elieve it. Nor the beggar or 'the servant either, All agoear to function as before--not op A 8 of course-- ! tesewhere ill ditch- looked or Intel: nist of om er y, Iam use Ic: no grter of the [4 ay been a success, -he says, is attes to by the fact that 'large-scale indus ry, the immense eléetrieal schemas the harnessing of Russia's Immens water. power, etc. are to of almost ninety 'per cent. takings; that foreign com the. extent of 'a hum under the control of the State through the State monopoly of foreign col pletely, under the control of the Stake and co-operatives and that somethifig like seventy per cent. of all commerde, both wholesale and retall, is now in the hands of the State and co-operatife organizations. The influence of business man Is sively to comm cenly réfusal of six of the. i hospitals to admit any further womel "medicals," § Convocation of Londgn University called upon the: Segate 3 that adequate Pp